Introduction / S.B. Chapman -- History of vegetation / K.E. Barber -- Description and analysis of vegetation / F.B. Goldsmith and Carolyn M. Harrison -- Production ecology and nutrient budgets / S.B. Chapman -- Physiological ecology and plant nutrition / P. Bannister -- Site and soils / D.F. Ball -- Climatology and environmental management / R. Painter -- Chenical analysis / S.E. Allen [and others] -- Data collection systems / C.R. Rafarel and G.P. Brunsdon