Can seed dispersal by human activity play a useful role for the conservation of European grasslands

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Applied Vegetation Science

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1654-109X.2011.01124.X
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