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Book Review

Seeing the trees for the forest, and the forest for the trees – biocultural interactions in Europe’s treescapes

Woodlands: ecology, management and threats, edited by Ian D. Rotherham, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2024, viii+347 pp., USD125 (hardcover or pdf), ISBN 9798891132481. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/GOXX8886

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