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Research Article

Differentiating effects of salvage logging and recovery patterns on post-fire boreal forests in Northeast China using a modified forest disturbance index

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Article: 2188674 | Received 17 Sep 2022, Accepted 02 Mar 2023, Published online: 22 Mar 2023

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