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Tarquinio Mateus Magalhães1, Victoria Norberto Cossa1, Rosta Simão Mate1

  • 1Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Campus Universitário, Edifício no. 1, 257 Maputo, Moçambique.

Data in Brief
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MangroveMecrusseMiomboMopaneMozambique's forest ecosystemsTree and forest biomass

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