Ecology of a Grazing Ecosystem: The Serengeti

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• Publication year

  1985

• Venue

  Ecological Monographs

• Publication date

  1985-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.2307/1942578
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