The outcome of alien tree invasions in Puerto Rico

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 265-273

  Lugo, Ariel E ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 4444264041     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0265:TOOATI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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