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A reanalysis of the body mass scaling of trampling by large herbivores

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This work was supported by the United States National Science Foundation (award DEB-9981368).

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  1. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, 227 Natural and Environmental Sciences Building, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA

    N. Thompson Hobbs & Kate R. Searle

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Communicated by Dan Simberloff

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Hobbs, N.T., Searle, K.R. A reanalysis of the body mass scaling of trampling by large herbivores. Oecologia 145, 462–464 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0149-6

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