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Converting Lawn to Restored Forest on a Midwest College Campus: A Seven Year Assessment of Herbaceous Plant Establishment

Leanna N. DeJong, Micah G. Warners and David P. Warners
Ecological Restoration, June 2017, 35 (2) 167-174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.35.2.167
Leanna N. DeJong
Biology Department, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546.
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(corresponding author), Biology Department, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, .
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David P. Warners
Biology Department, Calvin College, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546.
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