Changes in forest structure and composition in a successional tropical dry forest
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Changes in composition and structure of a tropical dry forest following intermittent cattle grazing.
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Forestal Mesoamericana Kurú
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2215-2504
DOI: 10.18845/rfmk.v14i35.3149