Issues in Amazonian Development

1 de março de 2002

mar 1, 2002

William F. Laurance, Philip M. Fearnside, Daniel Nepstad, David McGrath, Ane Alencar, Ana Cristina Barros, Georgia Carvalho, Marcio Santilli, Maria del C. Vera Diaz

Discussion on previous article by Laurance et al in Science.

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