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... occur in seasonally inundated areas of larger river valleys . They are partly maintained by intense dry - season fires , which burn off the dead grass and pro- mote renewal ; they constitute true edaphic climax vegeta- tion ( that is to ...
... occur in seasonally inundated areas of larger river valleys . They are partly maintained by intense dry - season fires , which burn off the dead grass and pro- mote renewal ; they constitute true edaphic climax vegeta- tion ( that is to ...
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... occur on plants found at the mouths of estuaries , on salt marshes , and in mangrove swamps reduce the available light , and some algae can- not survive the resulting decrease in the rate of photo- synthesis . Other algae achieve an ...
... occur on plants found at the mouths of estuaries , on salt marshes , and in mangrove swamps reduce the available light , and some algae can- not survive the resulting decrease in the rate of photo- synthesis . Other algae achieve an ...
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... occur as lianas , climbers , twiners , or as forest - floor herbs . The temperate representatives may also occur in forests but are also found as twiners and herbs in scrub and on drier hillsides and similar places . Little is known of ...
... occur as lianas , climbers , twiners , or as forest - floor herbs . The temperate representatives may also occur in forests but are also found as twiners and herbs in scrub and on drier hillsides and similar places . Little is known of ...
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