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Tree Seedling Survival Depends on Canopy Age, Cover and Initial Composition: Trade-offs in Forest Restoration Enrichment Planting

Daniel C. Laughlin and Bruce D. Clarkson
Ecological Restoration, March 2018, 36 (1) 52-61; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.36.1.52
Daniel C. Laughlin
(corresponding author), University of Wyoming, Department of Botany. University of Waikato, Environmental Research Institute and School of Science, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand 3240, .
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University of Waikato, Environmental Research Institute and School of Science, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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