Assessment of the Immediate Impacts of the 2013-2014 Drought on Ecosystems of the California Central Coast

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-145

  Potter, Christopher ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84941080247     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.075.0202     Document Type: Article

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