Vegetation communities of a coal reclamation site in southeastern Ohio

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-46

  Cavender, Nicole ^a,b   Byrd, Shana ^a   Bechtoldt, Catherine L ^b   Bauman, Jenise M ^a,c  

^a Wilds ^*  (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920708753     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.021.0104     Document Type: Article

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