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James F. Nelson, Robert M. Chew, Factors Affecting Seed Reserves in the Soil of a Mojave Desert Ecosystem, Rock Valley, Nye County, Nevada, The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 97, No. 2 (Apr., 1977), pp. 300-320
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