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Christopher Uhl, Carl Jordan, Kathleen Clark, Howard Clark, Rafael Herrera, Ecosystem Recovery in Amazon Caatinga Forest after Cutting, Cutting and Burning, and Bulldozer Clearing Treatments, Oikos, Vol. 38, No. 3 (May, 1982), pp. 313-320
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