Trophic Cascades in Terrestrial Systems: A Review of the Effects of Carnivore Removals on Plants

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2000-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/303311PMID 10686157
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