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Climax and “Original Capacity”: The Science and Aesthetics of Ecological Restoration in the Southwestern USA

Nathan F. Sayre
Ecological Restoration, March 2010, 28 (1) 23-31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.28.1.23
Nathan F. Sayre
Nathan F. Sayre is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of California-Berkeley. His research focuses on the history, ecology, and politics of rangeland management, conservation biology, and land use change in the southwestern USA; 507 McCone Hall #4740, Berkeley CA 94720-4740 USA; .
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