Grass-to-tree facilitation in an arid grazed environment (Aïr Mountains, Sahara).

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  2009

• Venue

  Basic and Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.BAAE.2008.10.008
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