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Quantifying the Role of Urban Forests in Removing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Rowan A. Rowntree and David J. Nowak
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) October 1991, 17 (10) 269-275; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1991.061
Rowan A. Rowntree
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, c/o SUNY-CESF Syracuse, NY 13210
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Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service, c/o SUNY-CESF Syracuse, NY 13210
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