1. INTRODUCTION TO SYMPOSIUM.
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Rorison, I. H.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *PLANT variation , *PLANT ecology , *HILLSBOROUGH Stadium Disaster, Sheffield, England, 1989 - Abstract
The article presents information on the jubilee symposium convened to mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology at Sheffield University in Sheffield, England, which fell on October 1, 1986. Topics discussed were a reflection of the Unit's current interests and included overviews of recent work and predictions for the future, both from past and present members of the Unit and from invited speakers. Seventeen papers presented here were delivered to 160 delegates from 15 countries. The main theme of papers presented was interspecific variation in the form and functions of plants, particularly in relation to environmental factor.
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- 1987
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