Cryptic herbivores mediate the strength and form of ungulate impacts on a long-lived savanna tree.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/10-2097.1PMID 21905429
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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