Clarifying the confusion: old-growth savannahs and tropical ecosystem degradation
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Clarifying the confusion: old-growth savannahs and tropical ecosystem degradation
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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 371, Issue 1703, Pages 20150306
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The Royal Society
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2016-08-09
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10.1098/rstb.2015.0306
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