Alternative stable states in ecology

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

• Publication date

  2003-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0376:ASSIE]2.0.CO;2
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