Indigenous livelihoods, slash-and-burn agriculture, and carbon stocks in Eastern Panama
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Petra Tschakert⁎, Oliver T. Coomes, Catherine Potvin c Department of Geography/Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa (AESEDA), Pennsylvania State University, 315 Walker Building, University Park, PA 16802-5011, USA Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Canada, QC H3A 2K6 Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, Canada, QC H3A 1B1
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