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... animals that depend on vision while hunting are unable to find prey ; by settling on and killing rooted bottom plants and bottom animals ( including salmon and trout eggs ) ; by reducing light transmis- sion needed for photosynthesis ...
... animals that depend on vision while hunting are unable to find prey ; by settling on and killing rooted bottom plants and bottom animals ( including salmon and trout eggs ) ; by reducing light transmis- sion needed for photosynthesis ...
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... plants ( such as coconuts ) escape readily from domestication . People also trans- port and release animals and plants because they like them or because they like to hunt them or fish for them . Flocks of hundreds of Austra- lian ...
... plants ( such as coconuts ) escape readily from domestication . People also trans- port and release animals and plants because they like them or because they like to hunt them or fish for them . Flocks of hundreds of Austra- lian ...
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David W. Ehrenfeld. Name Origin Some injurious animals and plants imported into the U.S. Mode of Transport Type of Damage Insects Plants Dutch elm disease cattle , and pigs . Mammals European wild boar Russia ( Sus scrofa ) Nutria or ...
David W. Ehrenfeld. Name Origin Some injurious animals and plants imported into the U.S. Mode of Transport Type of Damage Insects Plants Dutch elm disease cattle , and pigs . Mammals European wild boar Russia ( Sus scrofa ) Nutria or ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Ecology and ManMade Change | 24 |
Pollution Industrial Accidents and Species Manipulations | 80 |
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