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From Abandoned Farmland to Self-Sustaining Forests: Challenges and Solutions

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  1. Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal

    Vânia Proença & Henrique Miguel Pereira

  2. IN+, Centro de Estudos em Inovação, Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento, Área Científica de Ambiente e Energia, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    Vânia Proença

  3. Biodiversity and Conservation Ecology Group, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    João Honrado

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Proença, V., Honrado, J. & Pereira, H.M. From Abandoned Farmland to Self-Sustaining Forests: Challenges and Solutions. Ecosystems 15, 881–882 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-012-9557-8

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