Functional diversity loss with increasing livestock grazing intensity in drylands: the mechanisms and their consequences depend on the taxa

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.12775
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