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Ecology – Ecological Society of America
Published: Feb 1, 2005
Keywords: Betula alleghaniensis ; disturbance ; fire ecology ; landscape ecology ; pre-Euroamerican settlement ; Pinus ; Public Land Survey ; restoration baselines ; windthrow
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