BIOLOGY VOL. II
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ISBN: 9781308795317
Author: Raven
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill/Create
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Chapter 38, Problem 5U
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There are some of the species of plants, which have developed certain mechanisms to obtain the scarce nutrients from the soil. These mechanisms involve the predation,
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