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  2. Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    A tropical rainforest typically has a number of layers, each with different plants and animals adapted for life in that particular area. Examples include the emergent, canopy , understory and forest floor layers.

  3. Theodor Schwann - Wikipedia

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    Theodor Schwann (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈʃvan]; [1] [2] 7 December 1810 – 11 January 1882) was a German physician and physiologist. [3] His most significant contribution to biology is considered to be the extension of cell theory to animals.

  4. Biological roles of the elements - Wikipedia

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    Some plants are tin hyperaccumulators, possibly to deter herbivory. Toxic in some forms, especially the organotin compounds, which include many potent biocides. titanium: 22: 2c: Present in most animals, possibly beneficial to plant growth, but not known to be essential; some plants are hyperaccumulators. [10] Common in medical implants. [10]

  5. Grassland - Wikipedia

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    Although their plant communities are natural, their maintenance depends upon anthropogenic activities such as grazing and cutting regimes. The semi-natural grasslands contain many species of wild plants, including grasses, sedges, rushes, and herbs; 25 plant-species per 100 square centimeters can be found. [8]

  6. Plant cell - Wikipedia

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    Structure of a plant cell. Plant cells are the cells present in green plants, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.Their distinctive features include primary cell walls containing cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectin, the presence of plastids with the capability to perform photosynthesis and store starch, a large vacuole that regulates turgor pressure, the absence of flagella or ...

  7. Habitat - Wikipedia

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    Generally speaking, animal communities are reliant on specific types of plant communities. [7] Some plants and animals have habitat requirements which are met in a wide range of locations. The small white butterfly Pieris rapae for example is found on all the continents of the world apart from Antarctica.

  8. Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 - Wikipedia

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    "animal article" means an article made from any captive or wild animal, other than vermin, and includes an article or object in which the whole or any part of such animal has been used and an article made therefrom. "hunting" includes (a) capturing, killing, poisoning, snaring, or trapping any wild animal, and every attempt to do so

  9. Desert - Wikipedia

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    Some plants have resolved this problem by adopting crassulacean acid metabolism, allowing them to open their stomata during the night to allow CO 2 to enter, and close them during the day, [73] or by using C4 carbon fixation. [74] Many desert plants have reduced the size of their leaves or abandoned them altogether.