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Can Non-Native Species Explain Patterns of Convergence and Deviation in Regenerating Coastal Dune Forest?

Matthew Grainger and Rudi van Aarde
Ecological Restoration, September 2015, 33 (3) 246-255; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.3.246
Matthew Grainger
Corresponding author, Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, Gauteng, South Africa. Current address: School of Biology, Newcastle University, Ridley Building, Claremont Road, NE1 7RU, UK. .
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Rudi van Aarde
Conservation Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, Gauteng, South Africa.
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