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Transplanting Following Non-Native Plant Control in Rocky Mountain Foothills Fescue Grassland Restoration

Holly J. Stover, M. Anne Naeth and Sarah R. Wilkinson
Ecological Restoration, March 2018, 36 (1) 19-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.36.1.19
Holly J. Stover
(corresponding author), Department of Biology, Biological and Geological Sciences Building, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7, .
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M. Anne Naeth
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Sarah R. Wilkinson
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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