Edward James Salisbury
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British botanist, ecologist, university lecturer and director of Kew gardens
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Edward James Salisbury CBE FRS was an English botanist and ecologist. He was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and graduated in botany from University College London in 1905. In 1913, he obtained a D.Sc. with a thesis on fossil seeds and was appointed a senior lecturer at East London College. He returned to University College London as a senior lecturer, from 1924 as a reader in plant ecology and from 1929 as Quain Professor of botany.
Edward James Salisbury's Published Works
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Published Works
- On the Causes and Ecological Significance of Stomatal Frequency, with Special Reference to the Woodland Flora (666)
- The Geography of the Flowering Plants (1948) (341)
- Weeds and Aliens. (1962) (259)
- The reproductive capacity of plants : studies in quantitative biology (1942) (233)
- The British Islands and their Vegetation (1939) (221)
- Seed size and mass in relation to environment (1974) (155)
- Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States (1945) (135)
- Note on the Edaphic Succession in Some Dune Soils with Special Reference to the Time Factor (1925) (98)
- The Pioneer Vegetation of Exposed Muds and Its Biological Features (1970) (97)
- Downs & dunes : their plant life and its environment (1952) (93)
- The Geographical Distribution of Plants in Relation to Climatic Factors (1926) (82)
- Charcoals from Maiden Castle and their significance in relation to the vegetation and climatic conditions in prehistoric times. (1940) (67)
- The oak-hornbeam woods of Hertfordshire. Parts I and II (1916) (62)
- The Biological Equipment of Species in Relation to Competition (1929) (56)
- The Significance of the Calcicolous Habit (1920) (42)
- Downs and Dunes: Their Plant Life and its Environment. (1955) (40)
- Fruit and Seed Production (1956) (39)
- Stratification and Hydrogen-Ion Concentration of the Soil in Relation to Leaching and Plant Succession with Special Reference to Woodlands (1922) (39)
- The Soils of Blakeney Point: A Study of Soil Reaction and Succession in Relation to the Plant Covering (1922) (34)
- The survival value of modes of dispersal (1975) (34)
- On the Structure and Affinities of the Palaeozoic Seeds of the Conostoma Group (31)
- The Flora of Bombed Areas (1943) (31)
- On the Morphology and Ecology of Ranunculus parviflorus, L (1931) (30)
- A record of fruits and seeds dispersed by mammals and birds from the Singida district of Tanganyika territory (1929) (30)
- Seed output and the efficacy of dispersal by wind (1976) (29)
- Aims and Methods in the Study of Vegetation (1927) (29)
- Variation in Eranthis hyemalis, Ficaria Verna, and other Members of the Ranunculaceae, with Special Reference to Trimery and the Origin of the Perianth (27)
- A Discussion on the Present State of the Theory of Natural Selection (1936) (23)
- Floral Construction in the Helobiales (1926) (23)
- Flora of the Cape Peninsula (1950) (22)
- Discussion on the Origin and Relationship of the British Flora (1935) (22)
- The Morphology and Anatomy of the Genus Statice as represented at Blakeney PointPart I. Statice binervosa, G. E. Smith, and S. bellidifolia, D.C. ( = S. reticulata) (1916) (20)
- The Influence of Earthworms on Soil Reaction and the Stratification of Undisturbed Soils. (1924) (20)
- The Incidence of Species in Relation to Soil Reaction (19)
- Competition between Plants. (1930) (16)
- Germination Experiments with Seeds of a Segregate of Plantago major and their Bearing on Germination Studies (1965) (16)
- FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE HEATH ASSOCIATION ON HINDHEAD COMMON (1915) (16)
- Spergularia salina and Spergularia marginata and Their Heteromorphic Seeds (1958) (15)
- The Weed Problem (1942) (14)
- The Soils of Blakeney Point: A Study of Soil Reaction and Succession in Relation to the Plant Covering. (1922) (13)
- THE DETERMINING FACTORS IN PETIOLAR STRUCTURE. (1913) (13)
- The Extra-floral Nectaries of the Genus PolygonumWith Plate XVI, and six Figures in the Text (1909) (13)
- The Emergence of the Aerial Organs in Woodland Plants (1916) (12)
- Vegetation and Mobile Ground as Illustrated by Suaeda Fruticosa on Shingle (1913) (12)
- The biology of garden weeds. Part 2. (1962) (12)
- South African Aloes (1951) (12)
- The Biology of Flowering Plants (1925) (11)
- Intermittent Germination of Capsella (1963) (11)
- Exceptional fruitfulness and its biological significance (1976) (10)
- The organization of the ranunculaceous flower with especial regard to the correlated variations of its constituent members (1973) (10)
- The reproduction of Cardamine pratensis L. and Cardamine palustris Peterman particularly in relation to their specialized foliar vivipary, and its deflexion of the constraints of natural selection (1965) (10)
- Handbook of the Trees of the Northern States and Canada, East of the Rocky Mountains Trees for Town and Country (1948) (10)
- THE ORIGIN AND EARLY YEARS OF THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL, SOCIETY (1964) (9)
- The variations in the reproductive organs of Stellaria media (sensu stricto) and allied species with special regard to their relative frequency and prevalent modes of pollination (1974) (9)
- Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, 1766-1824, with Relevant Extracts from his other Writings (1945) (8)
- The Standardisation of Descriptions of Plant Communities (1931) (8)
- Mortality amongst Plants and its Bearing on Natural Selection. (1930) (8)
- A note on shade tolerance and vegetative propagation of woodland species (1976) (8)
- Distribution of British Plants@@@The East Anglian Flora: A Study in Comparative Plant Geography. (1933) (7)
- The Reproduction and Germination of Limosella aquatica (1967) (7)
- On the Reproduction and Biology of Elatine hexandra (Lapierre) DC. (Elatinaceae); A Typical Species of Exposed Mud (1967) (7)
- The reproduction of Juncus tenuis (Juncus macer) and its dispersal (1974) (6)
- The living garden. (1935) (6)
- The Durmast Oak-Woods (Querceta Sessili-Florae) of the Silurian and Malvernian Strata near Malvern (1921) (6)
- Variations in Anemone nemorosa (1916) (5)
- POLYMORPHISM IN THE FLOWER OF SILENE MARITIMA. (5)
- William Henry Lang, 1874-1960 (1961) (5)
- THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND OCCASIONAL SEASONAL DIMORPHISM OF ANAGALLIS MINIMA AND LYTHRUM HYSSOPIFOLIA (1968) (5)
- ON THE OCCURRENCE OF VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION IN DROSERA (1915) (5)
- The Orchids of New South Wales (1944) (5)
- Flora of Arizona (1952) (5)
- Antibiotics and Competition (1944) (5)
- A note on seed production and frequency (1978) (5)
- Leaf Form and Function (1949) (4)
- Flora of Gloucestershire (1949) (4)
- Significance of Trace Elements in Plants and Animals (1947) (4)
- A Proposed Biological Flora of Britain (1928) (4)
- Francis Wall Oliver 1864-1951 (1952) (3)
- The Californian Flora (1952) (3)
- A Study in Plant Biology@@@The Reproductive Capacity of Plants. (1943) (3)
- Genetics in the Universities (1936) (3)
- The seasonal drift and concealed trimery in the floral organization of Helleborus foetidus (1972) (3)
- The Vegetation of the Forest of Wyre: A Preliminary Account (1925) (3)
- The Physiography of South Haven Peninsula, Studland Heath, Dorset: Discussion (1933) (2)
- Soil Conditions and Plant Growth (1932) (2)
- Reaction of Plant Juices. (1920) (2)
- Variation in Anemone apennina, L., and Clematis vitalba, L., with Special Reference to Trimery and Abortion (2)
- Hooker's Icones plantarum; or, figures with descriptive characters and remarks, of new or rare plants, selected from the Kew Herbarium. Fifth series. (2)
- SOME CRITICISMS AND SUGGESTIONS. (1918) (2)
- Sir David Prain, C.M.G., C.I.E., F.R.S. (1944) (2)
- A Draft Scheme for the Representation of British Vegetation in Black and White (1920) (2)
- Flore des spermatophytes du Parc National Albert (1949) (2)
- Felix Eugene Fritsch 1879-1954 (1954) (1)
- FERTILE SEED PRODUCTION AND SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY OF HYPERICUM CAL YCINUM IN ENGLAND (1963) (1)
- Ronald George Hatton,1886-1965 (1966) (1)
- Variation in the Flowers of Ranunculus circinatus Sibth. (1960) (1)
- Plant form & function (1938) (1)
- Mr. J. McC. Black (1952) (1)
- Vegetation of Blakeney Point@@@Topography and Vegetation of Blakeney Point, Norfolk. (1913) (1)
- Note on Fruit Size and Viability in Lithospermum Officinale (1949) (1)
- SOME SIMPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATIONS. (1913) (1)
- CAUSAL PLANT ECOLOGY (1959) (1)
- The floral morphology of Ranunculus tripartitus var. terrestris (R. lutarius) and comparison with related taxa (1974) (1)
- Blakeney Point, Norfolk : (1)
- The vertical distribution of soil acidity in natural soils and its relation to the organic constituents (1)
- [Obituaries] (1948) (0)
- The variation in reproductive capacity of plants. (1946) (0)
- [Book Reviews] (1950) (0)
- The Ecology of Scrub@@@The Ecology of Scrub in Hertfordshire: A Study in Colonisation. (1918) (0)
- The Protozoan Fauna of New Jersey Soils. (1920) (0)
- The Ecologist Appreciates and Criticizes the Taxonomist (1939) (0)
- Plant Distribution in the Northern Hemisphere: Discussion (1946) (0)
- Genera et species plantarum Zeylaniae : an etymological and historical account of the flowering plants of Ceylon (1968) (0)
- Modern Study of Plants in Relation to Education (1937) (0)
- Mortality amongst Plants and its Bearing on Natural Selection. (0)
- [Book Reviews] (1956) (0)
- Wild Flowers of America (1950) (0)
- Some Impressions of the International Phytogeographical Excursion in Switzerland, 1923 (0)
- American Deciduous Forests (1951) (0)
- Garden Flora of Hardy Plants in France (1953) (0)
- The place of biology in modern education. Address by Sir Edward Salisbury, C. B. E. , D.Sc., LL.D., V. P. R. S., at the opening of the new Hatherly Biological Laboratories, Exeter, on 23 April 1953 (1954) (0)
- The Geographical Distribution of Plants in Relation to Climatic Factors: Discussion (1926) (0)
- [Book Reviews] (1953) (0)
- The retirement of Mr I. Kaye, Librarian to the Society (1972) (0)
- Discussion on “organic constituents of the soil” (0)
- The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1949) (0)
- Elementary studies in plant life (0)
- British Vegetation (1949) (0)
- [Book Reviews] (1954) (0)
- THE STUDY OF HUMAN IMPLEMENTS AS AN AID TO THE APPRECIATION OF PRINCIPLES OF EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION (1921) (0)
- The Andean Flora (1951) (0)
- Conservational importance of pioneer vegetation of exposed muds (1973) (0)
- The British Flora in Retrospect (1956) (0)
- The Natural History of Wicken Fen (1933) (0)
- Sand Dunes of The Pacific Coast (1959) (0)
- Dr. Paul Haas (1960) (0)
- The West Australian Flora (1951) (0)
- Modern Study of Plants in Relation to Education (1937) (0)
- Salicornia Dolichostachya, Moss, In Scotland (0)
- The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1948) (0)
- An introduction to the study of plants (0)
- The significance of trace elements in plants and animals. (1947) (0)
- PLANTS IN RELATION TO THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT (1938) (0)
- An introduction to the study of plants : being an elementary account of their morphology, physiology, and ecology (0)
- The Reproductive Biology of Pulicaria vulgaris Gaertn. and its Diminishing Frequency (1967) (0)
- Blakeney Point, Norfolk : topography and vegetation / F. W. Oliver and E. J. Salisbury. (0)
- A Nineteenth-Century Botanist (1960) (0)
- The Scott Report: Discussion (1943) (0)
- ON THE RELATION BETWEEN TRIGONOCARPUS AND GINKGO (1916) (0)
- Dr. J. C. Willis, F.R.S. (1958) (0)
- [Book Reviews] (1953) (0)
- Methods of Palaeobotanical Reconstruction (1913) (0)
- Henry Nicholas Ridley, 1855-1956 (1957) (0)
- Plants of the Sand Dune and why they Grow There (1938) (0)
- The influence of botany on health and disease. (1958) (0)
- Mr. C. Oldham (1942) (0)
- The Productivity of the Large-Sized Segregates of Plantago major L. (1966) (0)
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