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Forests once covered most of Britain, and because of this, the country’s flora and fauna is mainly of woodland origin, and has had to adapt as best it can to the disruptive effects of man’s clearances. Hedgerows provide a partial substitute for lost woodlands. They are essentially woodland edges without the woods, forming an ‘ecotone’...