Gauging the impact of journals

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-509

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 46849113884     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.020     Document Type: Editorial

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