Effects of forest fragmentation on mortality and damage of selected trees in Central Amazonia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 797-801

  Ferreira, Leandro V ^a   Laurance, William F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 0031445016     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96167.x     Document Type: Article

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