Role of Grazing in Mediterranean Rangeland Ecosystems
BioSciencePublished 1 December 1998Open access
Avi Perevolotsky, N. G. Seligman
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Avi Perevolotsky, No'am G. Seligman; Role of Grazing in Mediterranean Rangeland Ecosystems: Inversion of a paradigm, BioScience, Volume 48, Issue 12, 1 Dec
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