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The Importance of Trees and Nature in Community: A Review of the Relative Literature

William Elmendorf
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) May 2008, 34 (3) 152-156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.2008.020
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William Elmendorf, Assistant Professor of Community Forestry, 334 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.,
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