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Energy Savings With Trees

Gordon M. Heisler
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 1986, 12 (5) 113-125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1986.026
Gordon M. Heisler
Research Forest Meteorologist, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, 104 Academic Projects Building, University Park, PA 16802
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