Unexpected impacts of climate change on alpine vegetation

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

• Publication date

  2007-09-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[360:UIOCCO]2.0.CO;2
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