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OvergrazingEcosystemAridOverexploitationEnvironmental scienceAlternative stable stateEcologyBiomass (ecology)GrazingAgroforestryBiology
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- 2001
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 151-159
- Citations
- 250
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- Closed
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Milena Holmgren,
Marten Scheffer
(2001).
El Niño as a Window of Opportunity for the Restoration of Degraded Arid Ecosystems.
Ecosystems
, 4
(2)
, 151-159.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100210000065
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- DOI
- 10.1007/s100210000065