Dung predicts the global distribution of herbivore grazing pressure in drylands

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  2025

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  Nature Food

• Publication date

  2025-01-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s43016-024-01112-9PMID 39806220
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