Can we manage tropical landscapes? – an answer from the Caribbean perspective

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Landscape Ecology

• Publication date

  2002-10-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1021419815480
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