Twentieth-century decline of large-diameter trees in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Forest Ecology and Management

• Publication date

  2009-05-10

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FORECO.2009.03.009
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