FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYTOCENOLOGY AND PLANT GEOGRAPHY - T. P. Larkina - 2017

SECTION 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYTOCENOLOGY

Review Questions

1. What are the MAIN OBJECTIVES OF phytocenology as a science?

2. WHAT IS A phytocenosis?

3. What are the key parameters of a phytocenosis?

4. What is meant by the species composition and species richness of a phytocenosis?

5. What factors determine the vertical stratification (layered Structure) of a phytocenosis?

6. What are the primary Methods for determining species Abundance in a phytocenosis?

7. Explain The concepts of "quantitative and qualitative species ratios".

8. What is determined using Raunkiaer's frequency formula (Raunkiaer's coefficient)?

9. What does the science of phenology study? What is its practical significance?

10. Name the phenological phases of woody plants.

11. Name the phenological phases of grasses.

12. Name the phenological phases of perennial herbaceous plants.

13. Explain METABOLISM/2.html">THE CONCEPT OF "seasonal Variability of a phytocenosis".

14. Explain the concept of "interannual variability of a phytocenosis".

15. What is meant by the aspect change (succession of aspects) in a phytocenosis?

16. Explain how a phytocenosis can influence the moisture conditions of its habitat.

17. Explain how a phytocenosis can influence the soil composition of its habitat.

18. Indicate the primary causes driving the succession of phytocenoses.

19. Name the main taxonomic units of phytocenology. What is The basis of this Classification?

20. How are plant associations designated?

21. Outline the main vegetation types on an "ideal continent".

22. What vegetation types are typically distinguished for Russia?

23. Explain the Concept of the “ideal continent”.

24. What vegetation is classified as the “wandering type”?

25. What vegetation is classified as the “desert type”?



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