Beech Working Group at SUNY ESF

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McGee, G. G. (2000). The contribution of beech bark disease-induced mortality to coarse woody debris loads in northern hardwood stands of Adirondack Park, New York, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 30, 1453-1462.

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