Tropical forest restoration. Twenty years of academic research;Restauración ecológica de bosques tropicales. Veinte años de investigación académica

Interciencia

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 581-589+622

  Meli, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0242468027     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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