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| Grazing lawns: animals in herds, plant form, and coevolution SJ McNaughton The American Naturalist 124 (6), 863-886, 1984 | 1324 | 1984 |
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| Diversity and stability of ecological communities: a comment on the role of empiricism in ecology SJ McNaughton The American Naturalist 111 (979), 515-525, 1977 | 885 | 1977 |
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| Regulation of shrub dynamics by native browsing ungulates on East African rangeland DJ Augustine, SJ Mcnaughton Journal of Applied Ecology 41 (1), 45-58, 2004 | 388 | 2004 |
