Interactions among predators and the cascading effects of vertebrate insectivores on arthropod communities and plants

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2010-04-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1001934107PMID 20368418PMCID PMC2867756
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