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Southern Hemisphere Exotic Pine Plantations Threatened by Insect Pests and their Associated Fungal Pathogens

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Wingfield, M.J., Hurley, B.P., Gebeyehu, S., Slippers, B., Ahumada, R., Wingfield, B.D. (2008). Southern Hemisphere Exotic Pine Plantations Threatened by Insect Pests and their Associated Fungal Pathogens. In: Invasive Forest Insects, Introduced Forest Trees, and Altered Ecosystems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5162-X_3

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