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This paper is planned to integrate topics related to the effects of agricultural intensification on our environment, that have been discussed earlier in this Symposium, with a general survey of the subject. I interpret ‘ecology’ as being a study of the relationships of organisms with their environment and I shall concentrate on man’s position in the ecological community.
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Cooke, G.W. (1980). Implications of the Intensification of Agriculture for Ecological Problems. In: Blaxter, K. (eds) Food Chains and Human Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7336-0_18
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