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Payments for ecosystem services in Amazonia. The challenge of land use heterogeneity in agricultural frontiers near Cruzeiro do Sul (Acre,Brazil)

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Pages 685-703 | Received 21 Feb 2011, Accepted 02 Sep 2011, Published online: 11 Jan 2012

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