Ecological succession of usable plants in an eleven-year fallow cycle in Northern Lao P.D.R.

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 331-350

  Delang, Claudio O ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 45749109369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.5.0.331-350     Document Type: Article

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