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Research ArticleSpecial Theme: Protection and Restoration—Are We Having an Effect?

Restoring a Dynamic Ecosystem to Sustain Biodiversity

Joy B. Zedler
Ecological Restoration, March 2011, 29 (1-2) 152-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.1-2.152
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