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Absentee landowners of agricultural land: Influences upon land management decision making and information usage

P. Petrzelka and A. Armstrong
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation September 2015, 70 (5) 303-312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.70.5.303
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