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Establishing seed islands for native forb species on rangelands using N-Sulate ground cover fabric

Melissa Landeen, Covy Jones, Scott Jensen, Alison Whittaker, Daniel D Summers, Dennis Eggett and Steven L Petersen
Native Plants Journal, March 2021, 22 (1) 51-63; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.22.1.51
Melissa Landeen
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Great Basin Research Center, Ephraim, UT 84621
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Covy Jones
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, UT 84627
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Scott Jensen
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Shrub Sciences Laboratory, Provo, UT 84606
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Alison Whittaker
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, UT 84116
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Daniel D Summers
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Great Basin Research Center, Ephraim, UT 84627
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Dennis Eggett
Brigham Young University, Department of Statistics, Provo, UT 84602
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Steven L Petersen
Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences Provo, Utah 84602
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