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Aggregating Species at Seeding May Increase Initial Diversity during Grassland Reconstruction

Kathryn A. Yurkonis and Thomas P. McKenna
Ecological Restoration, September 2014, 32 (3) 275-281; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.32.3.275
Kathryn A. Yurkonis
Kathryn A. Yurkonis (corresponding author), University of North Dakota, Department of Biology, 10 Cornell St, Grand Forks, ND 58202, Kathryn. .
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Thomas P. McKenna
Thomas P. McKenna, University of North Dakota, Department of Biology,10 Cornell St, Grand Forks, ND 58202, .
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