The Role of Vertebrate Herbivores in Regulating Shrub Expansion in the Arctic: A Synthesis

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  BioScience

• Publication date

  2015-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/BIOSCI/BIV137
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