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Original Articles

What drives the knowledge and local uses of timber resources in human-altered landscapes in the semiarid region of northeast Brazil?

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Pages 545-559 | Received 17 Jul 2015, Accepted 01 Sep 2015, Published online: 23 Sep 2015

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