The keystone role of bison in north American tallgrass prairie - Bison increase habitat heterogeneity and alter a broad array of plant, community, and ecosystem processes

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Knapp, AK
Blair, JM
Briggs, JM
Collins, SL
Hartnett, DC
Johnson, LC
Towne, EG
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[1] Kansas State Univ, Div Biol, Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Dept Zool, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] Natl Sci Fdn, Div Environm Biol, Arlington, VA 22230 USA
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10.2307/1313492
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