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Can Forest Restoration Affect the Genetic Diversity of Plants?

Ane Karoline Campos Fernandes, Taruhim Miranda Cardoso Quadros, Taise Almeida Conceição, Zubaria Waqar, Ivana Cardoso, Alesandro Souza Santos and Fernanda Amato Gaiotto
Ecological Restoration, December 2023, 41 (4) 152-157; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.41.4.152
Ane Karoline Campos Fernandes
Conservation Genetics Group, Genetics and Biotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus-BA 45662-900, Brazil,
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Taruhim Miranda Cardoso Quadros
World Wildlife Fund—WWF-Brazil, Brasília-DF
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Taise Almeida Conceição
Conservation Genetics Group, Genetics and Biotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Brazil
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Zubaria Waqar
Conservation Genetics Group, Genetics and Biotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Brazil
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Ivana Cardoso
National Institute of Amazonian Research, Brazil
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Alesandro Souza Santos
Conservation Genetics Group, Genetics and Biotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Brazil
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Fernanda Amato Gaiotto
Conservation Genetics Group, Genetics and Biotechnology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Santa Cruz, Brazil
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