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A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C

Tree cover is a fundamental structural characteristic and driver of ecosystem processes in terrestrial ecosystems, and trees are a major global carbon (C) sink. Fire and herbivores have been hypothesized to play dominant roles in regulating trees in African savannas, but the evidence for this is con...

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Autores principales: Holdo, Ricardo M., Sinclair, Anthony R. E., Dobson, Andrew P., Metzger, Kristine L., Bolker, Benjamin M., Ritchie, Mark E., Holt, Robert D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740867/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19787022
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000210