Forest disturbance by an ecosystem engineer: Beaver in boreal forest landscapes

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL.A, 2013, Pages 13-24

  Nummi, Petri ^a   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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