Effects of grazing on plant species composition and spatial distribution in rangelands of the Sahel

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Plant Ecology

• Publication date

  1998-10-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1023/A:1009752606688
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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