Warming-Induced Shrub Expansion and Lichen Decline in the Western Canadian Arctic

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Ecosystems

• Publication date

  2014-07-16

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s10021-014-9783-3
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