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Plant traits – a tool for restoration?

  1. Deborah L. Clark1,*,
  2. Mark Wilson1,
  3. Rachael Roberts2,
  4. Peter W. Dunwiddie3,
  5. Amanda Stanley4,
  6. Thomas N. Kaye4

Article first published online: 29 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01198.x

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Applied Vegetation Science

Applied Vegetation Science

Volume 15, Issue 4, pages 449–458, October 2012

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Clark, D. L., Wilson, M., Roberts, R., Dunwiddie, P. W., Stanley, A., Kaye, T. N. (2012), Plant traits – a tool for restoration?. Applied Vegetation Science, 15: 449–458. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01198.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

  2. 2

    Portland, OR, USA

  3. 3

    School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

  4. 4

    Institute for Applied Ecology, Corvallis, OR, USA

*corresponding author, deborah.clark@lifetime.oregonstate.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 SEP 2012
  2. Article first published online: 29 MAR 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 FEB 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 4 MAY 2011

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  • Northwest Conservation Fund of the Priscilla Bullitt Collins Trust
  • The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

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