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Jodi A. Forrester, Gregory G. McGee, Myron J. Mitchell, Effects of Beech Bark Disease on Aboveground Biomass and Species Composition in a Mature Northern Hardwood Forest, 1985 to 2000, The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, Vol. 130, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 2003), pp. 70-78
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