Comparison of seed bank size and composition in fringing, restored, and impounded marsh in southwest Louisiana

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-286

  La Peyre, Megan K G ^a   Bush Thom, Christina S ^a   Winslow, Christian ^a   Caldwell, Aaron ^a   Nyman, J Andrew ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644606694     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2005)004[0273:COSBSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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