Goose-Induced Changes in Vegetation and Land Cover between 1976 and 1997 in an Arctic Coastal Marsh
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*Corresponding author. Wildlife Research and Development Section, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 300 Water Street, Peterborough, Ontario, K9J 8M5, Canada. [email protected] Department of Botany, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B2, Canada. Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, U.S.A. Abstract
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