Can the ecosystem mimic hypotheses be applied to farms in African savannahs?

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Agroforestry Systems

• Publication date

  1999-03-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1023/A:1006245605705
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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