When the Grass Stood Stirrup-High: Historical Fact or Urban Myth?
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عنوان ژورنال: Rangelands
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0190-0528,1551-501X
DOI: 10.2111/1551-501x(2004)026:5[0005:wtgssh]2.0.co;2