Dataset on wood density of trees in ecotone forests in Northern Brazilian Amazonia

Hugo Leonardo Sousa Farias1, Williamar Rodrigues Silva1, Ricardo de Oliveira Perdiz2

  • 1UFRR/PRONAT, Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil.

Data in Brief
|March 28, 2020
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