Seed production in a threatened Aloe is not affected by bird exclusion or population size

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Plant Ecology

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11258-008-9524-9
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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