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Testing the Microclimatic Habitat Design Framework in Abandoned Sand and Gravel Extraction Sites Using the Karner Blue Butterfly

Robert D. Brown, Natasha Kenny and Robert C. Corry
Ecological Restoration, March 2011, 29 (1-2) 52-63; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.1-2.52
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