What is the state of tropical montane cloud forest restoration?

Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 101-110

  Aide, T M ^a   Ruiz Jaen, M C ^a   Grau, H R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778384.010     Document Type: Chapter

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