Assessing the effects of ungulates on vegetation at Assateague Island National Seashore

Park Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Sturm, Mark ^a  

^a Assateague Island National Seashore   (United States)

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EID: 51149118858     PISSN: 07359462     EISSN: 10909966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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