Edge-effects drive tropical forest fragments towards an early-successional system

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 657-661

  Tabarelli, Marcelo ^a   Lopes, Ariadna V ^a   Peres, Carlos A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54249091177     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2008.00454.x     Document Type: Note

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