Ecological management of degraded forest fragments

High Diversity Forest Restoration in Degraded Area Methods & Projects in Brazil

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 171-196

  Rozza, Adriana de Fátima ^a   Farah, Fabiano Turini ^b   Rodrigues, Ricardo Ribeiro ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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