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Post-fire vegetation communities in western Colorado

M Nikki Grant-Hoffman and James Dollerschell
Native Plants Journal, September 2019, 20 (3) 226-237; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.20.3.226
M Nikki Grant-Hoffman
, Ecologist, McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas, Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction CO 81506,
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, Rangeland Management Specialist, Grand Junction Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H Road, Grand Junction CO 81506,
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