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A Trial of Fire and Ice: Assessment of Control Techniques for Pyrus calleryana Invasion of Grasslands in Southwestern Ohio, USA

Margaret E. Maloney, Eric B. Borth, Grace Dietsch, M. Cait Lloyd and Ryan W. McEwan
Ecological Restoration, March 2023, 41 (1) 25-33; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.41.1.25
Margaret E. Maloney
Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
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Eric B. Borth
Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
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Grace Dietsch
Regional Manager of Conservation, Five Rivers Metroparks, Dayton, OH.
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M. Cait Lloyd
Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
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Ryan W. McEwan
Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469–2320, .
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