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James E. Johnson, David Wm. Smith, James A. Burger, Effects on the Forest Floor of Whole-Tree Harvesting in an Appalachian Oak Forest, The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 114, No. 1 (Jul., 1985), pp. 51-61
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