Regulation of shrub dynamics by native browsing ungulates on East African rangeland

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• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2004-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2664.2004.00864.X
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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