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Andrew Smith (zoologist) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (130 words) |
 | Sir Andrew Smith (1797 - 1872) was a Scottish surgeon and zoologist. |
| Smith began his professional life as a ship's surgeon. |
| He was stationed at the Cape Colony from 1820 to 1837, during which time he led a scientific expedition into the interior. |
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| Smith also put forward a hypothesis that the pikas increase plant species and some properties of the ecosystem on the plateau. |
| Smith and his students will study the soil nutrients, the diversity of flowers and plants, as well as looking at the effects on water runoff in areas poisoned 40 years ago, 30 years ago, and 20 years ago. |
| Smith argues that simply poisoning the pikas will not restore the meadow and that the severe overgrazing of livestock is responsible for the grassland degradation over the past 40 years. |
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