Seed source affects establishment of elymus multisetus in postfire revegetation in the Great Basin

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 543-553

  Rowe, Courtney L J ^a,b   Leger, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84874819790     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.072.0410     Document Type: Article

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