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Assessing the Benefits and Costs of the Urban Forest

John F. Dwyer, E. Gregory McPherson, Herbert W. Schroeder and Rowan A. Rowntree
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) September 1992, 18 (5) 227-234; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1992.045
John F. Dwyer
U.S.D.A. Forest Service, North Central and Northeastern Forest Experiment Stations, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60646.
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E. Gregory McPherson
U.S.D.A. Forest Service, North Central and Northeastern Forest Experiment Stations, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60646.
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Herbert W. Schroeder
U.S.D.A. Forest Service, North Central and Northeastern Forest Experiment Stations, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60646.
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Rowan A. Rowntree
U.S.D.A. Forest Service, North Central and Northeastern Forest Experiment Stations, 5801 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL 60646.
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Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Sep 1992, 18 (5) 227-234; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1992.045
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