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Beyond Ecological Success of Corridors: Integrating Land Use History and Demographic Change to Provide a Whole Landscape Perspective

Sadie J. Ryan and Joel Hartter
Ecological Restoration, December 2012, 30 (4) 320-328; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.30.4.320
Sadie J. Ryan
Sadie Ryan (corresponding author, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, 134 Illick Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, )
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