Challenges for the conservation of vanishing megadiverse rupestrian grasslands

Natureza e Conservacao

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-165

  Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson ^a   Barbosa, Newton P U ^a   Negreiros, Daniel ^a   Paglia, Adriano P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84924273820     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncon.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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