A terrestrial field experiment showing the impact of eliminating top predators on foliage damage

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  1990-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/347469A0
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