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Martínez, O.A., Lugo, A.E. (2008). Post Sugar Cane Succession in Moist Alluvial Sites in Puerto Rico. In: Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_3
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