The value of mesquite for the rural southwest: Fine lumber and soil improvement

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 16-20

  Felker, Peter ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

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