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Positive impact of large wild herbivore exclusion on silver fir regeneration: A case study from the Poľana Mountains, Central Slovakia Cover

Positive impact of large wild herbivore exclusion on silver fir regeneration: A case study from the Poľana Mountains, Central Slovakia

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|Nov 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2024-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2454-0358 | Journal ISSN: 2454-034X
Language: English
Page range: 248 - 262
Published on: Nov 6, 2024
Published by: National Forest Centre and Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
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