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Visitor Use and Activities Detected Using Trail Cameras at Forest Restoration Sites

Janice L. Albers, Mark L. Wildhaber, Nicholas S. Green, Matthew A. Struckhoff and Michael J. Hooper
Ecological Restoration, December 2023, 41 (4) 199-212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.41.4.199
Janice L. Albers
Current address, U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La Crosse, WI 54603,
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Mark L. Wildhaber
U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
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Nicholas S. Green
U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
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Matthew A. Struckhoff
U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
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U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO
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