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David Butler-1995-05-26-Cambridge University Press eBooks
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In Chapter 1, I posed the question as to whether the geomorphic role and effects of animals are significant and fundamental, or merely interesting but minor curiosities. Thereafter, I examined the geomorphic role of invertebrates, ectothermic vertebrates, birds, and mammals. In each and every case, despite human interference in the natural life cycles and distributions of animals around the globe, the answer has been resoundingly in favor of significance, whether it be as a result of the work of termites in the tropics, or of whales and walrus on the Arctic seafloor.

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In Chapter 1, I posed the question as to whether the geomorphic role and effects of animals are significant and fundamental, or merely interesting but minor curiosities. Thereafter, I examined the geomorphic role of invertebrates, ectothermic vertebrates, birds, and mammals. In each and every case, despite human interference in the natural life cycles and distributions of animals around the globe, the answer has been resoundingly in favor of significance, whether it be as a result of the work of termites in the tropics, or of whales and walrus on the Arctic seafloor.

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