Large herbivores promote habitat specialization and beta diversity of African savanna trees.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2016-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ecy.1522PMID 27859102
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