Hitchmough, J.D. (2017) The plant community: a model for horticultural thought and practice in the 21st century? In: Papafotiou, M., Nektarios, P.A. and Paraskevopoulou , A.T., (eds.) Acta Horticulturae. VI International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture, 20-25 Jun 2016, Athens, Greece . , pp. 113-118. ISBN 9789462611856
Abstract
This paper discusses the idea of the plant community as a new design model for horticultural planting. It traces the origins of academic ideas about how semi-natural plant communities function in ecological terms and how increasingly the focus of research on these has been to understand the mechanics of change. The paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of horticulturally based plant communities, and looks at how key variables such as plant density and diversity, structural layers, and soil productivity affect both functional properties and also human aesthetic responses to the appearance of communities.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Acta Horticulturae. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Landscape Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2018 16:38 |
Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1189.23 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1189.23 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126014 |