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Dennis F. Whigham, Ingrid Olmsted, Edgar Cabrera Cano, Mark E. Harmon, The Impact of Hurricane Gilbert on Trees, Litterfall, and Woody Debris in a Dry Tropical Forest in the Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, Biotropica, Vol. 23, No. 4, Part A. Special Issue: Ecosystem, Plant, and Animal Responses to Hurricanes in the Caribbean (Dec., 1991), pp. 434-441
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