Enhancing Ecosystem Function through Conservation: Threatened Plants Increase Local Carbon Storage in Tropical Dry Forests
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Conservation Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1940-0829,1940-0829
DOI: 10.1177/194008291500800410