Impact of global changes on the reproductive biology of trees in tropical dry forests

Biodiversity Conservation in Costa Rica: Learning the Lessons in a Seasonal Dry Forest

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 38-47

  Bawa, Kamaljit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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