Tree succession across a seasonally dry tropical forest and forest-savanna ecotone in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Plant Ecology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1752-9921,1752-993X
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtw091