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Page 359
... living members . Linking these con- stituents together are two major forces : the flow of energy through the ecosystem , and the cycling of nutrients within the ecosystem . The fundamental source of energy in almost all ecosystems is ...
... living members . Linking these con- stituents together are two major forces : the flow of energy through the ecosystem , and the cycling of nutrients within the ecosystem . The fundamental source of energy in almost all ecosystems is ...
Page 483
... living species - roughly one - half of all the gen- era and one - third of all the species of turtles now living . With the exception of a few terres- trial forms , such as the box turtles ( Terrapene ) of North and Central America ...
... living species - roughly one - half of all the gen- era and one - third of all the species of turtles now living . With the exception of a few terres- trial forms , such as the box turtles ( Terrapene ) of North and Central America ...
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... living in adjacent geographic areas , of the structural similarity between living forms and fossil remains in the same area , and of the differences between species living on neighbouring islands in the Galápagos Islands formed the ...
... living in adjacent geographic areas , of the structural similarity between living forms and fossil remains in the same area , and of the differences between species living on neighbouring islands in the Galápagos Islands formed the ...
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