Changes in grass plant populations and temporal soil seed bank dynamics in a semi-arid African savanna: Implications for restoration.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Environmental Management

• Publication date

  2016-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.07.057PMID 27472053
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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