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Ploidy Levels for Some Remnant Eastern Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii ) Populations: Implications for their Conservation and Restoration

Robert D. Tompkins, Christine A. McAllister and Sean Bloom
Ecological Restoration, September 2015, 33 (3) 289-296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.3.289
Robert D. Tompkins
Corresponding author, Belmont Abbey College, 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Road, Belmont, NC 28012, .
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Christine A. McAllister
Principia College, 1 Maybeck Place, Elsah, IL 62028.
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Sean Bloom
Catawba Lands Conservancy, 105 W. Moore-head Street, Charlotte, NC 28202.
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