Vegetation–site relationships of roadside plant communities in West Virginia, USA
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J. S. RENTCH,* R. H. FORTNEY,† S. L. STEPHENSON,‡ H. S. ADAMS,§ W. N. GRAFTON* and J. T. ANDERSON* * Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; † Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; ‡ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA; and § Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, USA
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