RETRACTED: Ren et al. Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Urban Forest Basal Area under China’s Rapid Urban Expansion and Greening: Implications for Urban Green Infrastructure Management. Forests 2018, 9, 272

Ren, Zhibin; Wei, Hongxu

doi:10.3390/f9110721

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RETRACTED: Ren et al. Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Urban Forest Basal Area under China’s Rapid Urban Expansion and Greening: Implications for Urban Green Infrastructure Management. Forests 2018, 9, 272

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Zhibin Ren

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Hongxu Wei

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Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China

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Forests 2018, 9(11), 721; https://doi.org/10.3390/f9110721

Submission received: 28 October 2018 / Accepted: 9 November 2018 / Published: 20 November 2018

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)

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