GRAZING OPTIMIZATION AND NUTRIENT CYCLING: POTENTIAL IMPACT OF LARGE HERBIVORES IN A SAVANNA SYSTEM

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  1999

• Venue

  Ecological Applications

• Publication date

  1999-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0784:GOANCP]2.0.CO;2
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