Environmental perturbation, grazing pressure and soil wetness jointly drive mountain tundra toward divergent alternative states

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2014-11-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.12316
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