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Testing Seed Dormancy of Commercially Available Native Forb Species in the Northern Great Plains

Gregory A. Cooper, Gabrielle A. Bolwerk, A. Joshua Leffler and Lora B. Perkins
Ecological Restoration, September 2025, 43 (3) 172-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.43.3.172
Gregory A. Cooper
(corresponding author), Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, 1390 College Ave, Box 2140B, Brookings, SD 57007, USA,
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Gabrielle A. Bolwerk
Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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A. Joshua Leffler
Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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