Mediterranean cork oak savannas require human use to sustain biod - iversity and ecosystem services
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1Centre for Applied Ecology, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal *([email protected]); 2Centre for Forest Research, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda;3WWF-Mediterranean Program, Rome, Italy; 4Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France, and Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, MO; 5Centro de Investigación sobre Desertificación, Spanish National Research Council, Valencia, Spain
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