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  1. USDA Forest Service, Auburn, AL, USA

    Dana Mitchell & Mathew Smidt

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Mitchell, D., Smidt, M. (2019). Costs of Mechanical Fuel Reduction Treatments. In: Manzello, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51727-8_139-1

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