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Tamarisk Removal in Grand Canyon National Park: Changing the Native–Non-native Relationship as a Restoration Goal

R. Travis Belote, Lori J. Makarick, Michael J.C. Kearsley and Chris L. Lauver
Ecological Restoration, December 2010, 28 (4) 449-459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.28.4.449
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