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Is Succession-based Management of Coastal Dune Forest Restoration Valid?

Matthew J. Grainger and Rudi J. van Aarde
Ecological Restoration, September 2012, 30 (3) 200-208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.30.3.200
Matthew J. Grainger
Matthew J. Grainger (corresponding author), Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 0002,
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Rudi J. van Aarde
Rudi J. van Aarde, Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 0002
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