How pastoralism changes savanna vegetation: impact of old pastoral settlements on plant diversity and abundance in south-western Kenya

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  2014

• Venue

  Biodiversity and Conservation

• Publication date

  2014-08-13

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10531-014-0777-4
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