Opencast mining reclamation

Forest Restoration in Landscapes: Beyond Planting Trees

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 370-376

  Ibarra, José Manuel Nicolau ^a   De Las Heras, Mariano Moreno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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EID: 84900662299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-29112-1_53     Document Type: Chapter

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