Long-term perspectives on tropical forest-savanna dynamics in lowland bolivia from the last ice age until present

Ecotones Between Forest and Grassland

Volumn 9781461437970, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-207

  Mayle, Francis E ^a   Whitney, Bronwen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3797-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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