Vegetation Patterns within the Lower Bluestone River Gorge in Southern West Virginia
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J.S. RENTCH,* R.H. FORTNEY, S.L. STEPHENSON, H.S. ADAMS, W.N. GRAFTON, R.B. COXE, and H.H. MILLS Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, PO Box 6125, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6125; Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, West Virginia University, PO Box 6103, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6103; Department of Biological Sciences, SCEN 632, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701; Division of Arts and Sciences, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Clifton Forge, Virginia 24422; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, 209 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222; Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505
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