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THE striking relationship between the hydrogen-ion concentration of the soil and plant distribution is apparently not without its parallel in animal distribution. A number of facts concerning the relationship of certain forms of animal life to plant-hosts have been brought together by Fr. Dahl (“Grundlagen einer ökologischen Tiergeographie,” Jena, 1921). He states that a great many animals are exclusively, or almost exclusively, found on certain plants. The association of the silkworm with the mulberry tree is known to all, and it is only with difficulty that it can be brought to feed on any other leaf than that of the mulberry.
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ATKINS, W. The Hydrogen-ion Concentration of the Soil in Relation to Animal Distribution. Nature 108, 568 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108568c0
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