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Natural Resources and Environmental Issues Volume 16 Issue 1 Shrublands: Wildlands and Wildlife Habitats Article 15 January 2011 Vegetation Dynamics at a Mojave Desert Restoration Site, 1992 to 2007 Jeffrey E. Ott E. Durant McArthur Stewart C. Sanderson This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Quinney Natural Resources Research Library, S.J. and Jessie E. at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Natural Resources and Environmental Issues by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Take a 1 Minute Survey- http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ BTVT6FR Ott, Jeffrey E.; McArthur, E. Durant; and Sanderson, Stewart C. (2011) "Vegetation Dynamics at a Mojave Desert Restoration Site, 1992 to 2007," Natural Resources and Environmental Issues: Vol. 16, Article 15. Available at: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol16/iss1/15

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Natural Resources and Environmental IssuesVolume 16Issue 1 Shrublands: Wildlands and WildlifeHabitats

Article 15

January 2011

Vegetation Dynamics at a Mojave DesertRestoration Site, 1992 to 2007Jeffrey E. Ott

E. Durant McArthur

Stewart C. Sanderson

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the QuinneyNatural Resources Research Library, S.J. and Jessie E. atDigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in NaturalResources and Environmental Issues by an authorized administrator ofDigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please [email protected] a 1 Minute Survey- http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BTVT6FR

Ott, Jeffrey E.; McArthur, E. Durant; and Sanderson, Stewart C. (2011) "Vegetation Dynamics at a Mojave Desert Restoration Site,1992 to 2007," Natural Resources and Environmental Issues: Vol. 16, Article 15.Available at: http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/nrei/vol16/iss1/15

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