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All issues Volume 52 / No 2 (March-April 2003) Anim. Res., 52 2 (2003) 161-179 References
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Anim. Res.
Volume 52, Number 2, March-April 2003
Pasture Ecology Meeting Plant-Herbivore Relationships
Page(s) 161 - 179
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/animres:2003013

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