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Fire in the Forest: Public Perceptions of Ecological Restoration in North-central Arizona

David M. Ostergren, Jesse B. Abrams and Kimberly A. Lowe
Ecological Restoration, March 2008, 26 (1) 51-60; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.26.1.51
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