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Title: Good neighbors make good defenses: associational refuges reduce defense investment in African savanna plants
Award ID(s):
1656527
NSF-PAR ID:
10061605
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Ecology
Volume:
99
Issue:
8
ISSN:
0012-9658
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1724 to 1736
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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