A Significant Upward Shift in Plant Species Optimum Elevation During the 20th Century

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2008-06-27

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1156831PMID 18583610
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