Long-term changes in the plant ecology of an African savanna landscape and the implications for ecosystem theory and conservation management
Abstract Background Studies of the African savannas have used national parks to test ecological theories of natural ecosystems, including equilibrium, non-equilibrium, complex adaptive systems, and the role of top-down and bottom-up physical and biotic forces. Most such studies have excluded the imp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Ecological Processes |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-021-00286-5 |