Plant spatial patterns identify alternative ecosystem multifunctionality states in global drylands

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Nature Ecology &Evolution

• Publication date

  2017-01-09

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41559-016-0003PMID 28812618
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