The influences of tree biology and fire in the spatial structure of the West African savannah

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• Publication year

  1994

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  1994-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2307/2261290
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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