Erratum: Changes in semi-arid plant species associations along a livestock grazing gradient (PLoS ONE (2012) 7, 7, (e40551) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040551);Changes in semi-arid plant species associations along a livestock grazing gradient

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Saiz, Hugo ^a   Alados, Concepción L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SHRUB; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84863615332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091478     Document Type: Erratum

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