The Enemy of My Enemy Hypothesis: Why Coexisting with Grasses May Be an Adaptive Strategy for Savanna Trees

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  2017

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  Ecosystems

• Publication date

  2017-02-13

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10021-017-0110-7
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