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Long-Term Urban Park Ecological Restoration: A Case Study of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York

Jessica M. DiCicco
Ecological Restoration, September 2014, 32 (3) 314-326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.32.3.314
Jessica M. DiCicco
Jessica M. DiCicco, Natural Resources, Prospect Park Alliance. 95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215, .
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