Restoring dry tropical forests

Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 285-290

  Aronson, James ^a   Vallauri, Daniel ^b   Jaffré, Tanguy ^c   Lowry II, Porter P ^d,e  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b WWF France   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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EID: 84900586610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29112-1_41     Document Type: Chapter

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