The prairie-wetland vegetation continuum in the Chicago Region of Northeastern Illinois

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-42

  Bowles, Marlin ^a   Jones, Michael ^b  

^a MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^b Christopher B Burke Engineering Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago region flora; Floristic ordination; Gradient analysis; Prairies; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 33947195985     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.25.1.29     Document Type: Article

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