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Restoring Industrial Disturbances with Native Hay in Mixedgrass Prairie in Alberta

Peggy A. Desserud and Chris H. Hugenholtz
Ecological Restoration, September 2017, 35 (3) 228-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.35.3.228
Peggy A. Desserud
Corresponding author, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, .
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Chris H. Hugenholtz, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
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