Historic and present-day forest conditions: Implications for bottomland hardwood forest restoration

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-25

  Ouchley, Keith ^a   Hamilton, Robert B ^b   Barrow, Wylie C ^c   Ouchley, Kelby ^d  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Louisiana Management District   (United States)

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EID: 0040188001     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.18.1.21     Document Type: Article

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