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Killing it Softly: Girdling as an Efficient Eco-friendly Method to Locally Remove Invasive Acer negundo

Nastasia R. Merceron, Laurent J. Lamarque, Sylvain Delzon and Annabel J. Porté
Ecological Restoration, December 2016, 34 (4) 297-305; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.34.4.297
Nastasia R. Merceron
(corresponding author) BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, France, .
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Laurent J. Lamarque
BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, France.
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Sylvain Delzon
BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, 33615 Pessac, France.
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Annabel J. Porté
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