Market Perceptions and Opportunities for Native Plant Production on the Southern Colorado Plateau

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 113-124

  Peppin, Donna L ^a,b   Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Lynn, Janet C ^a,b   Mottek Lucas, Anne L ^c   Hull Sieg, Carolyn ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Program and Foundation   (United States)

^c Mottek Consulting LLC   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Local genotype; Market perception differences; Native plant market; Native plant policy; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; NATIVE SPECIES; PERCEPTION; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

COLORADO PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956554838     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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