Quantifying drylands' drought resistance and recovery: the importance of drought intensity, dominant life history and grazing regime

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Global Change Biology

• Publication date

  2015-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/gcb.12777PMID 25407684
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