Restoring urban habitats: A comparative study - A comparison of three projects provides clues to better results

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 184-192

  Lindig Cisneros, Roberto ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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