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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...
Autores principales: | D’Souza, Elrika, Patankar, Vardhan, Arthur, Rohan, Marbà, Núria, Alcoverro, Teresa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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