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There is an increasing awareness that human activities are having far reaching and often adverse effects on both regional and global environments and that many of these impacts occur through effects on vegetation [1]. In the UK, and in other areas of high population density, with intensive development of agriculture and industry, concern has been voiced over habitat loss and floristic change at scales which include sites far removed from [2–5].
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Hendry, G.A.F., Grime, J.P. (1993). Introduction. In: Hendry, G.A.F., Grime, J.P. (eds) Methods in Comparative Plant Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1494-3_1
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