Mannahatta: An ecological first look at the Manhattan landscape prior to Henry Hudson

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 545-570

  Sanderson, Eric W ^a   Brown, Marianne ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 38349169371     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[545:MAEFLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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