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Economic Analyses of a Sustainable Agroforestry System in the Southeastern United States

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Valuing Agroforestry Systems

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Grado, S.C., Husak, A.L. (2004). Economic Analyses of a Sustainable Agroforestry System in the Southeastern United States. In: Valuing Agroforestry Systems. Advances in Agroforestry, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2413-4_3

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