Anthrosols and Human Carrying Capacity in Amazonia

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1980, Pages 553-566

  Smith, Nigel J H ^a  

^a WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0019220191     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1980.tb01332.x     Document Type: Article

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12. Published by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistiea, Rio de Janeiro (1971).
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