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Fares, S., Paoletti, E., Calfapietra, C., Mikkelsen, T.N., Samson, R., Le Thiec, D. (2017). Carbon Sequestration by Urban Trees. In: Pearlmutter, D., et al. The Urban Forest. Future City, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50280-9_4
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