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Miceli-Mèndez, C.L., Ferguson, B.G., Ramìrez-Marcial, N. (2008). Seed Dispersal by Cattle: Natural History and Applications to Neotropical Forest Restoration and Agroforestry. In: Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_7

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