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Page 131
... change for on a world view they are usually minor or highly localized incidents . There is another form of rapid disturbance which has a far greater impact on the world's flora and fauna . Many of the changes brought about by man are ...
... change for on a world view they are usually minor or highly localized incidents . There is another form of rapid disturbance which has a far greater impact on the world's flora and fauna . Many of the changes brought about by man are ...
Page 145
... changes in land use and rapid transport of many people and goods around the world . This greatly increases the changes of a disturbance to the native flora and fauna . It also means a much greater chance of exotic species being ...
... changes in land use and rapid transport of many people and goods around the world . This greatly increases the changes of a disturbance to the native flora and fauna . It also means a much greater chance of exotic species being ...
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... changes in some detail for Danish forests , using paly- nological techniques . He terms the vegetational phenomenon retrogressive succession and shows how podzolization of the soil began and proceeded independently of later human ...
... changes in some detail for Danish forests , using paly- nological techniques . He terms the vegetational phenomenon retrogressive succession and shows how podzolization of the soil began and proceeded independently of later human ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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