Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of ecology that deals with the characteristics, classification, relationships, and distribution of plant communities.
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- noun ecology The study of the
ecology ,classification anddistribution ofplant communities
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Gunatilleke and Gunatilleke examined the floristic composition and phytosociology of woody vegetation and assessed its conservation value.
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This, along with his studies in phytosociology—the way plant species interact with each other—guided his explorations of the vegetation growing throughout his native Japan.
The Miyawaki Method: A Better Way to Build Forests? | JSTOR Daily Lina Zeldovich 2019
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