Geography: Vegetation succession - Sand dunes and moorlands
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| Description | A two-part resource on vegetation succession was created by the Macaulay Institute. It features the following the PowerPoint and PDF documents: Sand dune succession: Information and diagrams explaining Psammosere and the development of sand dunes (including embryo, fore, yellow and grey dunes). The PowerPoint document also includes an interactive question board to consolidate learning. Moorland succession: Explores the aspects of plant succession including the arresting factors, the Caledonian forest, ecosystem development and heather management. A series of student tasks are included.
A series of posters accompany this resource and can be found on the Macaulay Institute website. |
| Level(s) | AH, H |
| Date of publication | May 2008 |
| Resource status | Currently In Use |
| Free downloadable material |  PowerPoint file: Macaulay Institute - Dune succession (2.6 MB) PDF file: Macaulay Institute - Dune succession (2.5 MB)PowerPoint file: Macaulay Institute - Moorland succession (3.2 MB)PDF file: Macaulay Institute - Moorland succession (3 MB) |
| Producer | Macaulay Land Use Research Institute |
| Copyright | Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and Learning and Teaching Scotland |
| Advice for users | Users should check that documents conform with current SQA Arrangements |
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