GRASS RESPONSE TO CLIPPING IN AN AFRICAN SAVANNA: TESTING THE GRAZING OPTIMIZATION HYPOTHESIS

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  2003

• Venue

  Ecological Applications

• Publication date

  2003-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/02-5199
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