Natural disturbance and human land use as determinants of tropical forest dynamics: results from a forest simulator

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Ecological Monographs

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/08-0707.1
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• Preface

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• Clearcuts

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• Cyclones

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• Mines

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• Index

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• Volcanoes

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• Introduction

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• Other Disturbances

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