Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
FURTHER READING
Archibold, O. W. (1995)
The Ecology of World Vegetation
, London: Chapman & Hall. A modern
treatment of the classical models of vegetation succession will be found in chapter 1, and there
are examples of successions from different biomes throughout the topic.
Colinvaux, P. (1980)
Why Big Fierce Animals are Rare
, London: Penguin. An extremely readable
and perceptive paperback, which covers many principles of ecology. Chapter 12 gives an
interesting, modern account of succession.
Huggett, R. J. (1998)
Fundamentals of Biogeography
, London: Routledge. A comprehensive and
up-to-date discussion of the principles of biogeography.
