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Mangrove understory: an expensive luxury?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Ariel E. Lugo
Ariel E. Lugo
Affiliation:
Institute of Tropical Forestry, USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, PO Box AQ Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928, USA
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Keywords

mangrovestressunderstory
Type
Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , August 1986 , pp. 287 - 288
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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