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Property Size and Land Cover Change in the Brazilian Amazon

✍ Scribed by Álvaro O. D’Antona; Leah K. VanWey; Corey M. Hayashi

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
464 KB
Volume
27
Category
Article
ISSN
1573-7810

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