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Trait Complementarity Enhances Native Plant Restoration in an Invaded Urban Landscape

Lauren M. Hallett, Dylan E. Chapple, Nathan Bickart, Ariel Cherbowsky, Lawrence Fernandez, Cheuk H. Ho, Martin Alexander, Ken Schwab and Katharine N. Suding
Ecological Restoration, June 2017, 35 (2) 148-155; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.35.2.148
Lauren M. Hallett
(corresponding author), Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Dr, Boulder, CO 80303; Environmental Studies Program and Department of Biology, University of Oregon, 5223 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, .
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Dylan E. Chapple
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Nathan Bickart
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Ariel Cherbowsky
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Lawrence Fernandez
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Cheuk H. Ho
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Martin Alexander
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Ken Schwab
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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Katharine N. Suding
Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, 137 Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA. 94720; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder, 4001 Discovery Dr Boulder, CO 80303.
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