Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Applied Ecology

• Publication date

  2015-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2664.12420
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