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Edward J. Merrens, David R. Peart, Effects of Hurricane Damage on Individual Growth and Stand Structure in a Hardwood Forest in New Hampshire, USA, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 80, No. 4 (Dec., 1992), pp. 787-795
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