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10 - Plantations of Non-native Tree Species

Opportunities and Limitations for Birds in Intensively Managed Forests

from Part II - European Forests and Their Bird Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2018

Grzegorz Mikusiński
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jean-Michel Roberge
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Robert J. Fuller
Affiliation:
British Trust for Ornithology, Norfolk
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