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Identifying Vegetation Succession Sites to Repurpose as Storage Spaces in the Alluvial Plain of the Lower Tone River Basin, Japan Cover

Identifying Vegetation Succession Sites to Repurpose as Storage Spaces in the Alluvial Plain of the Lower Tone River Basin, Japan

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2026-0022 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
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