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Seeds, seed banks and wetlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2007

Mary Allessio Leck
Mary Allessio Leck*
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Biology Department, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, 08648, USA
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*Correspondence, Email: leck@rider.edu
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Seed Science Research , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 2004 , pp. 259 - 266
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