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Engaging Birds in Vegetation Restoration after Elwha Dam Removal

John F. McLaughlin
Ecological Restoration, March 2013, 31 (1) 46-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.31.1.46
John F. McLaughlin
John F. McLaughlin, Department of Environmental Sciences, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9181,
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