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... environment . In the last few decades we have become painfully aware that our relationship with the other parts of Nature is now becoming not less but more important . Resources are not unlimited and if we continue to destroy , pollute ...
... environment . In the last few decades we have become painfully aware that our relationship with the other parts of Nature is now becoming not less but more important . Resources are not unlimited and if we continue to destroy , pollute ...
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... environmental measurement is available only in the form of average values ( particularly the climate parameters ) . These measurements refer to the macro- environment and not the immediate environment of the plant , the micro- environment ...
... environmental measurement is available only in the form of average values ( particularly the climate parameters ) . These measurements refer to the macro- environment and not the immediate environment of the plant , the micro- environment ...
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... environment , we should bear in mind the axioms for environmental research suggested by Platt and Griffiths : 1. The environment of any experimental unit is the result of all external conditions and influences directly affecting that ...
... environment , we should bear in mind the axioms for environmental research suggested by Platt and Griffiths : 1. The environment of any experimental unit is the result of all external conditions and influences directly affecting that ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Initial approaches to vegetation study | 11 |
Initial approaches to soil study | 28 |
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