Context-dependent effects of large-wildlife declines on small-mammal communities in central Kenya.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Ecological Applications

• Publication date

  2015-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/14-0995.1PMID 26263659
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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