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- Authors
- Laurance, W. F.
- Venue
- Trends in Ecology & Evolution
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 65-70
- ISSN
- 0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2154091036
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 52
- FWCI
- 2.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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