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Socioeconomic Barriers and the Role of Biomass Utilization in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Restoration

Evan Hjerpe, Jesse Abrams and Dennis R. Becker
Ecological Restoration, June 2009, 27 (2) 169-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.27.2.169
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