Southeastern swamp complexes

Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 217-229

  Batzer, Darold P ^a   Day, Frank ^b   Golladay, Stephen W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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