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Restoration Ecology: Repairing the Earth’s Ecosystems in the New Millennium

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Linking Restoration and Ecological Succession

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Old fields : dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland

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EFFECTS OF COMPETITION ON RESOURCE AVAILABILITY AND GROWTH OF A CALIFORNIA BUNCHGRASS

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The future of production systems in a globalized world

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An integrated analysis of the effects of past land use on forest herb colonization at the landscape scale

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Are systems with strong underlying abiotic regimes more likely to exhibit alternative stable states?

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Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

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