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Giant Sequoia—Forest, Monument, or Park?: Political-Legal Mandates and Socio-Ecological Complexity Shaping Landscape-Level Management

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Pages 721-737 | Received 15 Mar 2019, Accepted 17 Sep 2019, Published online: 12 Oct 2019

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