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Burning more effective than mowing in restoring Florida scrub

Carl W. Weekley, Eric S. Menges, Dawn Berry-Greenlee, Marcia A. Rickey, Gretel L. Clarke and Stacy A. Smith
Ecological Restoration, December 2011, 29 (4) 357-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.29.4.357
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