Forest road revegetation: Effects of seeding and soil amendments

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-185

  Elseroad, Adrien C ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^b   Covington, W Wallace ^b  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041784745     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.21.3.180     Document Type: Article

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