Human-induced changes in large herbivorous mammal density: The consequences for decomposers

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Wardle, David A ^a,b   Bardgett, Richard D ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644561212     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0145:HCILHM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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