Does biodiversity-ecosystem function science apply to Prairie restoration?

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-102

  Symstad, Amy J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 44649151768     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.26.2.100     Document Type: Article

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