Plant species diversity of highway roadsides in southern New England

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-42

  Brown, Rebecca Nelson ^a   Sawyer, Carl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84859775929     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.019.0102     Document Type: Article

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