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Feathering the Scene: The Effects of Ecological Restoration on Birds and the Role Birds Play in Evaluating Restoration Outcomes

Rubén Ortega-Álvarez and Roberto Lindig-Cisneros
Ecological Restoration, June 2012, 30 (2) 116-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.30.2.116
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