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Tropical moist forest is being destroyed at the rate of 11 million hecares per year, much of which degrades into fire-maintained savanna or low-productivity pasture. Greater economic and ecological benefits can be realized from much of this land if it can be converted into more productive secondary forest ecosystems. This study was conducted to deterimine if anthropogenic savannas could be converted...