The development of bottomland forest restoration in the lower Mississippi river alluvial valley

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 170-182

  Haynes, Ronnie J ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

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EID: 4444305223     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.22.3.170     Document Type: Review

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