THE 
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 
EDITED FOR THE 
BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
By A. G. TANSLEY 
The objects of THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY are (i) to foster and promote in all 
ways the study of Ecology in the British Isles, serving as the organ of the BRITISH 
ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY ; (2) to present a record of and commentary upon the progress 
of Ecology throughout the world. Each issue contains original articles and notes on 
ecological topics of current importance, including methods of ecological study and re- 
search ; reviews and notices of publications of general ecological bearing of work upon 
plant and animal communities in all parts of the world ; and reports and notices of meetings 
of the British Ecological Society ; progress of the Nature Protection movement and of 
ecological work in Nature Reserves ; list of current literature. 
THE JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, being largely a Review, is indispensable to those 
desiring to keep abreast of the extensive and widely scattered literature of Ecology, of which 
it takes a comprehensive view, including in its scope not only work dealing with general 
principles, methods, surveys, .and other ecological studies, but also publications dealing 
with Plant and Animal Geography, Planktonology, the science of soils (soil physics, 
chemistry, and the investigation of soil floras and faunas), and other branches of science 
(Geology, Climatology, Agriculture, Forestry, & c.), so far as these have a direct bearing 
upon Ecology— the relationships of plants and animals to their environment in the widest 
sense, including the inter-relationships between plants and animals. In brief,, it aims at 
furnishing a comprehensive review of progress in the entire field of Ecology, touching, 
as this field does, kindred branches of science on various sides. 
At present issues of not less than 64 pp. each appear in March and June, and a third 
larger issue in the autumn (200-240 pp. in all). It is hoped that in the future it may be 
possible to publish four quarterly numbers of 64 or more pages each. The Journal is 
illustrated by photographic plates of vegetation and by numerous figures in the text. The 
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in advance and should be sent to Mr. C. F. Clay, Cambridge University Press, Fetter Lane, 
London, E.C. 4, either direct or through any bookseller. 
Members of the British Ecological Society should send their annual subscription to the 
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the Secretary, Dr. E. J. Salisbury, The Briars, Crosspath, Radlett, Herts. 
CONTENTS of Vol. X, No. 1. 26 May, 1922. Price 15s. net. 
THE CONCEPT OF HABITAT. By R. H. Yapp. 
THE DOVEY SALT MARSHES IN 1921. By R. H. Yapp. (With three figures in 
the text.) 
THE ECOLOGY OF THE GORSE (ULEX) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO 
THE GROWTH-FORMS ON HINDHEAD COMMON. By E. G. Skipper,, M. Sc. 
(With Plate I and nine figures in the text.) 
CHANGES IN THE COAST VEGETATION NEAR BERROW, SOMERSET. By 
H. Stuart Thompson. (With Map and Plate II.) 
THE DISTRIBUTION AND ORIGIN OF SALIX IN SOUTH AFRICA. By 
Joseph Burtt Davy. (With six figures in the text.) 
THE VEGETATION OF WEST GREENLAND. By R. E. Holttum. (With Plates 
III-V.) 
A SPITSBERGEN SALT MARSH : WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE ECOLO- 
GICAL PHENOMENA ATTENDANT ON THE EMERGENCE OF LAND 
FROM THE SEA. By John Walton, B.A. (With Plates VI, VII and six figures 
in the text.) 
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