Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests
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Andrew Nikiforuk., & Andrew Nikiforuk|AUTHOR. (2011). Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests . Greystone Books.

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