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DEDICATION |
6 |
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CONTENTS |
8 |
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PREFACE |
10 |
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
12 |
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LIST OF KEY CONCEPTS |
13 |
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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: The Key Concepts |
16 |
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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MARGINS |
18 |
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ACTUALISM/NON-ACTUALISM |
22 |
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ADAPTATION |
24 |
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ADAPTIVE RADIATION |
26 |
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ADVECTION |
28 |
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ARIDITY |
29 |
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ASTRONOMICAL (ORBITAL) FORCING |
30 |
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BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMAGNIFICATION |
32 |
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BIOCLIMATE |
33 |
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BIODIVERSITY AND BIODIVERSITY LOSS |
34 |
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BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES |
36 |
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BOMBARDMENT |
39 |
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CARRYING CAPACITY |
41 |
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CATASTROPHISM |
42 |
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CATENA |
43 |
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CHRONOSEQUENCE |
45 |
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CLIMATE CHANGE |
48 |
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CLIMAX COMMUNITY |
52 |
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COMMUNITY CHANGE |
53 |
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COMPLEXITY |
55 |
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT |
59 |
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CONVECTION |
60 |
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CYCLICITY/PERIODICITY |
60 |
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DESERTIFICATION |
62 |
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DIRECTIONALISM |
62 |
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DISPERSAL |
63 |
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DISTURBANCE |
65 |
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DRAINAGE BASIN |
68 |
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ECOLOGICAL NICHE |
69 |
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ECOREGION |
71 |
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ECOSYSTEM |
71 |
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ECOTONE |
72 |
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ENDOGENIC (INTERNAL) FORCES |
73 |
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ENERGY/ENERGY FLOW |
73 |
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ENVIRONMENT |
74 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE |
75 |
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EQUIFINALITY |
77 |
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EQUILIBRIUM |
78 |
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ERGODICITY (SPACE–TIME OR LOCATION–TIME SUBSTITUTION) |
81 |
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ETCHPLANATION |
83 |
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EUSTASY |
85 |
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EVOLUTION |
86 |
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EVOLUTIONARY GEOMORPHOLOGY |
88 |
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EVOLUTIONARY PEDOLOGY |
91 |
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EXOGENIC (EXTERNAL) FORCES |
92 |
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EXTINCTION |
92 |
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FEEDBACK |
95 |
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FUNCTIONAL–FACTORIAL APPROACH |
96 |
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GAIA HYPOTHESIS |
98 |
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GENERAL CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE |
101 |
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GENERAL CIRCULATION OF THE OCEANS |
104 |
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GEOCHRONOLOGY |
106 |
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GEODIVERSITY |
107 |
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GEOGRAPHICAL CYCLE |
108 |
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GEOLOGICAL CYCLE |
109 |
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GLOBAL WARMING |
110 |
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GRADUALISM |
115 |
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HABITAT |
116 |
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HABITAT LOSS AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION |
117 |
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HOMEOSTASIS/HOMEORHESIS |
119 |
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HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE |
120 |
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INVASIVE SPECIES |
122 |
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ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY, THEORY OF |
125 |
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ISOSTASY |
128 |
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LAND DEGRADATION |
128 |
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LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY |
129 |
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LIMITING FACTORS AND TOLERANCE RANGE |
130 |
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LOCAL CLIMATE (TOPOCLIMATE) |
132 |
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MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY |
133 |
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MASS BALANCE |
135 |
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MICROCLIMATE |
136 |
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NATURAL SELECTION |
136 |
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NO-ANALOGUE COMMUNITIES |
139 |
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PEDOGENESIS |
140 |
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PLATE TECTONICS |
143 |
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PLUME TECTONICS |
145 |
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POPULATIONS/METAPOPULATIONS |
148 |
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REFUGIA |
151 |
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REGION |
153 |
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RESILIENCE |
153 |
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SCALE |
154 |
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SEA-LEVEL CHANGE |
156 |
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SOIL |
158 |
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SOIL–LANDSCAPES |
161 |
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SOLAR FORCING |
163 |
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SPECIATION |
165 |
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SUCCESSION |
169 |
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SUSTAINABILITY |
171 |
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SYSTEMS |
172 |
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TAXONOMY |
176 |
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TECTONICS AND NEOTECTONICS |
177 |
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TELECONNECTIONS |
177 |
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THRESHOLDS |
180 |
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TIME |
182 |
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TOPOGRAPHY |
185 |
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TRANSPORT PROCESSES |
187 |
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UNIFORMITARIANISM |
190 |
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VICARIANCE |
191 |
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ZONALITY |
193 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
195 |
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INDEX |
221 |
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