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EPA > Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution) > MMGI > Chapter ...
It is intended to apply to all disturbed areas resulting from harvesting, ... Lickwar (1989) compared the costs for revegetation of disturbed areas for ...
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ScienceDaily: Weeds In Disturbed Areas May Be Source Of More ...
Conservationists have long pointed out that primary tropical rainforests may have dramatic value because of important and undiscovered medicinal plants.
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Recolonization dynamics in areas disturbed by bottom fishing gears
... and investigation of the short and medium-term(dredge: 60 days,'rapido': 15 days) progression of the recolonization processes in the disturbed areas. ...
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Heathland dynamics in biotically disturbed areas: on the role of ...
Heathland dynamics in biotically disturbed areas: on the role of some features enhancing heath success. Rosa-Maria CANALS, Maria-Teresa SEBASTIA ...
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Grasslands and Disturbed Areas
Dry Grasslands or Disturbed Areas. For larger images and additional information click on the thumbnail images or species epithets. Podaxis pistillaris ...
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Owners Take Notice: Maine’s Revised Stormwater Management Law
Disturbed area is defined as all land areas that are stripped, graded, grubbed, filled or excavated at any time during the site preparation or removing ...
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