Beetle-infested forests are not "destroyed"

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-72

  Rocca, Monique E ^a   Romme, William H ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 61849129636     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09.WB.003     Document Type: Letter

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