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Effects of Disturbance on Silver Sagebrush Communities in Dry Mixed-Grass Prairie

Laura K. Hickman, Peggy Ann Desserud, Barry W. Adams and C. Cormack Gates
Ecological Restoration, September 2013, 31 (3) 274-282; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.31.3.274
Laura K. Hickman
Energy Resources Conservation Board, Suite 1000, 250-5 Street SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3G4.
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