Using multiple palaeoecological indicators to guide biodiversity conservation in tropical dry islands: The case of São Nicolau, Cabo Verde

@article{CastillaBeltrn2020UsingMP,
  title={Using multiple palaeoecological indicators to guide biodiversity conservation in tropical dry islands: The case of S{\~a}o Nicolau, Cabo Verde},
  author={Alvaro Castilla-Beltr{\'a}n and Ivani Duarte and Lea de Nascimento and J{\'o}se Mar{\'i}a Fern{\'a}ndez-Palacios and Maria Manuel Romeiras and Robert J. Whittaker and Margarita Jambrina-Enr{\'i}quez and Carolina Mallol and Andrew B. Cundy and Mary E. Edwards and Sandra Nogu{\'e}},
  journal={Biological Conservation},
  year={2020},
  volume={242},
  pages={108397}
}
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