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Carbon pools recover more quickly
than plant biodiversity in tropical
secondary forests
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Philip A. Martin1,2, Adrian C. Newton2 and James M. Bullock1
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Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Benson Lane, Wallingford, Oxford OX10 8BB, UK
Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Science, School of Applied Sciences,
Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK
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Addendum
Cite this article: Martin PA, Newton AC,
Bullock JM. 2014 Carbon pools recover more
quickly than plant biodiversity in tropical
secondary forests. Proc. R. Soc. B 281:
20140303.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0303
Peer-reviewed studies from which data were collated for the meta-analysis of
recovery of carbon pools and plant biodiversity in tropical secondary forests.
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Received: 6 February 2014
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