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Sheila Dean, J. Wayne Burkhardt, Richard O. Meeuwig, Estimating Twig and Foliage Biomass of Sagebrush, Bitterbrush, and Rabbitbrush in the Great Basin, Journal of Range Management, Vol. 34, No. 3 (May, 1981), pp. 224-227
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