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Woodland Caribou Alpine Range Restoration: An Application for Lichen Transplants

Sara J. Duncan
Ecological Restoration, March 2015, 33 (1) 22-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.1.22
Sara J. Duncan
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