Changes of forest cover and disturbance regimes in the mountain forests of the Alps.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Forest Ecology and Management

• Publication date

  2017-03-15

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.10.028PMID 28860675PMCID PMC5572777
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