EFFECTS OF GRAZING INTENSITY AND BUSH ENCROACHMENT ON HERBACEOUS SPECIES AND RANGELAND CONDITION IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

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  2014

• Venue

  Land Degradation & Development

• Publication date

  2014-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ldr.2160
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