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The forest fragment classic

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Figure 1: Forest clearings in the Amazon, in an area north of Manaus, Brazil.

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  1. *Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Five-Year Review, Manaus, Brazil, 15-18 March 1998.

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Pimm, S. The forest fragment classic. Nature 393, 23–24 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/29892

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