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Soil Seed Banks in Stock-piled Topsoils in the Western Rio Grande Plains, Texas

Mylea C. Lovell, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, David E. Ruppert, Veronica Acosta-Martinez, Forrest S. Smith, Paula Maywald Stumberg, Keith A. Pawelek, Anthony D. Falk and David B. Wester
Ecological Restoration, September 2018, 36 (3) 226-237; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.36.3.226
Mylea C. Lovell
Texas A&M Forest Service, 7914 US-62, Idalou, TX 79329.
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Sandra Rideout-Hanzak
Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences and Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363.
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David E. Ruppert
Department of Agriculture, Agribusiness and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363.
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Veronica Acosta-Martinez
Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX 78363.
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Forrest S. Smith
South Texas Natives, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363.
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Paula Maywald Stumberg
Land Steward Consultants, LTD, San Antonio, TX 78258.
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Keith A. Pawelek
South Texas Natives, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363.
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Anthony D. Falk
South Texas Natives, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363.
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David B. Wester
(corresponding author), Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences and Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 1150 Engineering Ave, MSC 228, Kingsville, TX 78363, .
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