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Title: Disturbance shapes the US forest governance frontier: A review and conceptual framework for understanding governance change
Award ID(s):
1702676
PAR ID:
10340414
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Ambio
Volume:
50
Issue:
12
ISSN:
0044-7447
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2168 to 2182
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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