The Lessons of Scots Pine Forest Decline in Ukraine †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Meshkova, V. The Lessons of Scots Pine Forest Decline in Ukraine. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2021, 3, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2020-07990
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Chicago/Turabian StyleMeshkova, Valentyna. 2021. "The Lessons of Scots Pine Forest Decline in Ukraine" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 3, no. 1: 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2020-07990