Agroforestry: A refuge for tropical biodiversity after fire

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 325-326

  Griffith, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0034127378     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99101.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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