Forest Restoration Paradigms
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JOHN A. STANTURF1, BRIAN J. PALIK2, MARY I. WILLIAMS3, R. KASTEN DUMROESE4, and PALLE MADSEN5 1Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Athens, Georgia, USA 2Center for Research on Ecosystem Change, Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA 3School of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA 4Grassland, Shrubland, and Desert Ecosystems, Rocky Mountain Research Station, U.S. Forest Service, Moscow, Idaho, USA 5Forest & Landscape, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, University of Copenhagen,Copenhagen, Denmark
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