Hurricane Katrina Impacts on Mississippi Forests
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Relationships between common forest metrics and realized impacts of Hurricane Katrina on forest resources in Mississippi
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern Journal of Applied Forestry
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0148-4419,1938-3754
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/32.3.139