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Habitat Conditions of Montane Meadows associated with Restored and Unrestored Stream Channels of California

Karen L. Pope, Diane S. Montoya, Jessie N. Brownlee, Janina Dierks and Thomas E. Lisle
Ecological Restoration, March 2015, 33 (1) 61-73; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.1.61
Karen L. Pope
(corresponding author), USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Dr., Arcata, CA 95521, .
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Diane S. Montoya
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Dr., Arcata, CA 95521.
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Jessie N. Brownlee
Three Parameters +, 650 W. 58th Ave., Unit A, Anchorage AK 99518.
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Janina Dierks
Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725
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Thomas E. Lisle
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, 1700 Bayview Dr., Arcata, CA 95521.
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