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Twenty years of post-fire vegetation development in Yellowstone National Park Abstract with slides of a presentation om the effects of wildfire on plant community succession from plots established before or after fires in Yellowstone National Park. (Score: 0.459)

Worms of North Dakota Species maps, aggregate map, earthworm diagram, species photos, and bibliography of earthworm species found in North Dakota (Score: 0.452)

Vegetation sampling and classification of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Cades Cove and Mount Le Conte quadrangles): final report Report of a pilot study to classify vegetation communities in parts of the Smoky Mountains National Park by sampling vegetation in selected areas with information on field methods and data analysis and lists of communities identified. (Score: 0.301)

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Definition: Measuring small areas of land as subsets of a population that, if properly selected, may be used to estimate the parameters of the population. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.] & [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]