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in the wood have been the subject of several studies. Beginning in 1961, a 4-hectare (9.9-acre) former barley field next to the station was allowed to naturally regenerate as a
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as one of
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Broughton, R. K., Hinsley, S. A., Bellamy, P. E., Hill, R. A. & Rothery, P (2006). Marsh Tit
Poecile palustris territories in a British broad-leaved wood
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There is access to Monks Wood from the road, which runs along its southern boundary. The Odd
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site, Grade I. A slightly more extensive area of 169.3 hectares (418 acres) is the
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Monks Wood was the site of an experimental biological research station of
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359:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from
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334:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
332:"Designated Sites View: Monks Wood and The Odd Quarter"
265:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
263:"Designated Sites View: Monks Wood and The Odd Quarter"
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Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire
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Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire
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920:Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields
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431:Broughton, Richard K. (22 July 2021).
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386:"Monks Wood Experimental Station"
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760:Monks Wood and The Odd Quarter
680:Great Stukeley Railway Cutting
306:Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977).
193:Monks Wood and The Odd Quarter
61:Location within Cambridgeshire
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1044:Nature conservation in Europe
910:West, Abbot's and Lound Woods
665:Godmanchester Eastside Common
308:A Nature Conservation Review
175:is a 157-hectare (390-acre)
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144:169.3 hectares (418 acres)
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421:Retrieved 25 January 2009
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202:The site is described by
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217:from 1961 to 2009. The
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700:Hemingford Grey Meadow
685:Great Wilbraham Common
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785:Out and Plunder Woods
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963:Barrington Chalk Pit
860:Sutton Heath and Bog
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630:Ely Pits and Meadows
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159:Location map
150:Notification
983:Histon Road
805:Perry Woods
780:Ouse Washes
765:Nene Washes
695:Hayley Wood
392:12 December
370:12 December
338:12 December
291:12 December
269:12 December
195:biological
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95:Coordinates
1023:Categories
950:Geological
925:Wicken Fen
815:Roman Road
655:Furze Hill
640:Fleam Dyke
570:Cam Washes
500:Alder Carr
492:Biological
442:2021-07-25
244:References
219:marsh tits
181:Huntingdon
173:Monks Wood
136:Biological
105:52°24′22″N
87:TL 196 801
810:Portholme
800:Park Wood
770:Orton Pit
715:Holme Fen
560:Buff Wood
530:Berry Fen
223:rewilding
164:Magic Map
108:0°14′35″W
865:Ten Wood
232:See also
187:, and a
133:Interest
71:Location
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394:2016
372:2016
340:2016
312:ISBN
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