Seed dispersal by cattle may cause shrub encroachment of Grewia flava on southern Kalahari rangelands

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  2004

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  2004-05-01

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  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1658/1402-2001(2004)007[0089:SDBCMC]2.0.CO;2
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