Rates of success in the reintroduction by four methods of several perennial plant species in eastern Massachusetts

Rhodora

Volumn 102, Issue 911, 2000, Pages 299-331

  Drayton, Brian ^a   Primack, Richard B ^b  

^a TERC   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Population re establishment; Reintroduction methods; Restoration ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043028864     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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