Episodic outbreaks of small mammals influence predator community dynamics in an east African savanna ecosystem

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Oikos

• Publication date

  2014-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/OIK.00962
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