Ecological theory and community restoration ecology

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-300

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a   Ambrose, Richard F ^b   Poff, N LeRoy ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Trout Unlimited   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000043088     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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