EFFECTS OF ELEPHANT BROWSING ON WOODLANDS IN A TANZANIAN NATIONAL PARK: MEASUREMENTS, MODELS AND MANAGEMENT*

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• Publication year

  1983

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  1983-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.2307/2403524
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