Role of grazing in Mediterranean rangeland ecosystems

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1007-1117

  Perevolotsky, Avi ^a   Seligman, No'am G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 0031764669     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313457     Document Type: Review

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