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Edward J. Depuit, Chester L. Skilbred, Joe G. Coenenberg, Effects of Two Years of Irrigation on Revegetation of Coal Surface-Mined Land in Southeastern Montana, Journal of Range Management, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan., 1982), pp. 67-74
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