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The Tropical Rain Forest: A Nonrenewable Resource

A. Gómez-Pompa, C. Vázquez-Yanes, and S. Guevara
Science • 1 Sep 1972 • Vol 177, Issue 4051 • pp. 762-765 • DOI: 10.1126/science.177.4051.762
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A. Gómez-Pompa
Institute of Biology, National University of Mexico, Mexico 20, D.F.
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C. Vázquez-Yanes
Institute of Biology, National University of Mexico, Mexico 20, D.F.
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Institute of Biology, National University of Mexico, Mexico 20, D.F.
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