Draft Report for Baseline Investigation
of Managing Phragmites australis
in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Allison Brown, Hongbing Sun
Department of Geological and Marine Sciences
Department of Biology, Rider University

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METHODS

 

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

DISCLAIMER

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