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Limits to Local Sourcing in Herbaceous Plant Restoration

Catherine Mabry McMullen
Ecological Restoration, March 2022, 40 (1) 64-69; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.40.1.64
Catherine Mabry McMullen
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, 339 Science II, Ames, IA 50011 USA.
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