Degradation of fragmented forests in the north of the gran sabana, venezuela;Empobrecimiento de bosques fragmentados en el norte de la Gran Sabana, Venezuela

Interciencia

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 891-898

  Hernández, Lionel ^a,b,c,d   Delgado, Luz ^e   Meier, Winfried ^a   Durán, Cristabel ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL EXPERIMENTAL DE GUAYANA   (Venezuela)

^d UNEG ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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