An African Savanna: Synthesis of the Nylsvley Study.

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  1993-09-24

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2307/2404175
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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