The ancient forests of La Gomera, Canary Islands, and their sensitivity to environmental change

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  2013

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2013-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.12051
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