Approximating nature's variation: Selecting and using reference information in restoration ecology

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 338-349

  White, Peter S ^a   Walker, Joan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000432487     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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