MADAM – the approach of an integrated project on mangrove dynamics and management.

BERGER, UTA; GLASER, MARION; KOCH, BORIS; KRAUSE, G.; LARA, RUBÉN JOSÉ; SAINT-PAUL, ULRICH; SCHORIES, DIRK; WOLFF, MATTHIAS

JOURNAL OF COASTAL CONSERVATION

Opulus Press

Lugar: Upsala; Año: 1999 p. 125 - 134

1400-0350

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