Relationship of a Landsat cumulative disturbance index to canopy nitrogen and forest structure
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a West Virginia University, Department of Geology and Geography, 98 Beechurst Avenue, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, USA b University of Wisconsin — Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, 226 Russell Labs, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1598, USA c University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Appalachian Laboratory, 301 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532, USA
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