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An Outcrossing Reciprocity Study Between Remnant Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Populations in the Carolinas

Robert D. Tompkins, William C. Stringer and William C. Bridges Jr.
Ecological Restoration, December 2011, 29 (4) 339-345; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.4.339
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