Factors affecting the species richness and composition of neotropical secondary succession: A case study of abandoned agricultural land in panama

Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 141-164

  Hooper, Elaine R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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