A hundred years of woodland restoration in Great Britain: Changes in the drivers that influenced the increase in woodland cover

Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 299-320

  Harmer, Ralph ^a   Watts, Kevin ^a   Ray, Duncan ^b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Forest Research   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84971665905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18809     Document Type: Chapter

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