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Seagrass Herbivory Levels Sustain Site-Fidelity in a Remnant Dugong Population

Herds of dugong, a largely tropical marine megaherbivore, are known to undertake long-distance movements, sequentially overgrazing seagrass meadows in their path. Given their drastic declines in many regions, it is unclear whether at lower densities, their grazing is less intense, reducing their nee...

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Autores principales: D’Souza, Elrika, Patankar, Vardhan, Arthur, Rohan, Marbà, Núria, Alcoverro, Teresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4619644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26492558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141224