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Christopher B. Field, Julie G. Osborn, Laura L. Hoffman, Johanna F. Polsenberg, David D. Ackerly, Joseph A. Berry, Olle Bjorkman, Alex Held, Pamela A. Matson, Harold A. Mooney, Mangrove Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function, Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, Vol. 7, No. 1, Biodiversity and Function of Mangrove Ecosystems (Jan., 1998), pp. 3-14
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