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Title: Dispersal and establishment limitation slows plant community recovery in post-agricultural longleaf pine savannas

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Ecology
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  1. Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824 USA; Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824 USA
  2. Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Madison WI 53706 USA
  3. Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824 USA

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Research Organization:
USDA Forest Service, Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AI09-00SR22188
OSTI ID:
1536711
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 54, Issue 4; ISSN 0021-8901
Publisher:
British Ecological Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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