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Long-Term Response of Stream and Riparian Restoration at Wilson Creek, Kentucky USA

Andrea N. Drayer, Kenton L. Sena, Christopher D. Barton and Danielle M. Andrews
Ecological Restoration, September 2017, 35 (3) 246-254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.35.3.246
Andrea N. Drayer
Corresponding author, Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0073, .
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Kenton L. Sena
Kenton L. Sena, Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0073.
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Christopher D. Barton
Christopher D. Barton, Department of Forestry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0073.
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Danielle M. Andrews, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
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