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Modification of the Savanna Functioning by Herbivores

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  1. Laboratoire d’écologie microbienne, CNRS-Université Lyon 1 (UMR 5557-USC INRA 1193), Bâtiment Gregor Mendel 43, bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622, Villeurbanne cedex, France

    Xavier Le Roux

  2. Biogéochimie et écologie des milieux continentaux (UMR 7618), Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d’Ulm, 75230, Paris cedex 05, France

    Luc Abbadie & Hélène Leriche

  3. Centre d’études biologiques de Chizé (UPR 1934), BP 14, 79360, Beauvoir-sur-Niort, France

    Hervé Fritz

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Le Roux, X., Abbadie, L., Fritz, H., Leriche, H. (2006). Modification of the Savanna Functioning by Herbivores. In: Abbadie, L., Gignoux, J., Le Roux, X., Lepage, M. (eds) Lamto. Ecological Studies, vol 179. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33857-8_10

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