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Benefit-Cost Analysis of Modesto’s Municipal Urban Forest

E. Gregory McPherson, James R. Simpson, Paula J. Peper and Qingfu Xiao
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) September 1999, 25 (5) 235-248; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1999.033
E. Gregory McPherson
1Western Center for Urban Forest, Research and Education, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest, Research Station, c/o Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California Davis, CA 95616-8587
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James R. Simpson
1Western Center for Urban Forest, Research and Education, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest, Research Station, c/o Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California Davis, CA 95616-8587
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Paula J. Peper
1Western Center for Urban Forest, Research and Education, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest, Research Station, c/o Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California Davis, CA 95616-8587
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Qingfu Xiao
2Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California Davis, CA
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E. Gregory McPherson, James R. Simpson, Paula J. Peper, Qingfu Xiao
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) Sep 1999, 25 (5) 235-248; DOI: 10.48044/jauf.1999.033
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