Midwest Logging Firm Perspectives: Harvesting on Increasingly Parcelized Forestlands
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Forestry Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1687-9368,1687-9376
DOI: 10.1155/2011/320170