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Soil Amendment Increases Tree Seedling Growth but Reduces Seedling Survival at a Retired Gravel Mine

Nate Hough-Snee and Rodney Pond
Ecological Restoration, September 2014, 32 (3) 231-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.32.3.231
Nate Hough-Snee
Utah State University Ecology Center and Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT
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Utah State University Ecology Center and Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT
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