Hydroelectric dams in Brazilian Amazonia: Response to Rosa, Schaeffer & dos Santos

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Fearnside, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 33745041281     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892900038467     Document Type: Article

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