Twice-Over Rotational Grazing and Its Impacts on Grassland Songbird Abundance and Habitat Structure
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عنوان ژورنال: Rangeland Ecology & Management
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1550-7424
DOI: 10.2111/rem-d-11-00053.1