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Rates and Processes of Natural Regeneration in Disturbed Habitats

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Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests

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  1. Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101, Rovaniemi, Finland

    B. C. Forbes

  2. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Muhos Research Station, Kirkkosaarentie 7, 91500, Muhos, Finland

    A. Tolvanen

  3. Botanical Gardens, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 333, 90571, Oulu, Finland

    K. Laine

  4. Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1045, Blindern 0316, Oslo, Norway

    F. E. Wielgolaski

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  1. Logan, USA

    M. M. Caldwell

  2. Marburg, Germany

    G. Heldmaier

  3. Durham, USA

    R. B. Jackson

  4. Würzburg, Germany

    O. L. Lange

  5. Stanford, USA

    H. A. Mooney

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  8. Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1045, Blindern 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Frans E. Wielgolaski

  9. Department of Plant Ecology Ecolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Villavägen 14, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden

    P. Staffan Karlsson

  10. Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

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    Dietbert Thannheiser

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Forbes, B.C., Tolvanen, A., Laine, K., Wielgolaski, F.E. (2005). Rates and Processes of Natural Regeneration in Disturbed Habitats. In: Caldwell, M.M., et al. Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26595-3_14

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