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Forest Landscape Restoration: Progress in the Last Decade and Remaining Challenges

Stephanie Mansourian, Nigel Dudley and Daniel Vallauri
Ecological Restoration, December 2017, 35 (4) 281-288; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.35.4.281

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Stephanie Mansourian, Nigel Dudley, Daniel Vallauri
Ecological Restoration Dec 2017, 35 (4) 281-288; DOI: 10.3368/er.35.4.281
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