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Soils and Nutrients in Northern Mountain Birch Forests: A Case Study from Finnmarksvidda, Northern Norway

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

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  1. PPA 2, Otsontie 1, 95980, Ylläsjärvi, Finland

    K. -D. Meier

  2. Department of Geography, Hamburg University, Bundesstr. 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    D. Thannheiser

  3. Department of Geography, Hamburg University, Bundesstr. 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    J. Wehberg

  4. Institute of Soil Science, Hamburg University, Allende-Platz 2, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    V. Eisenmann

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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

  6. Jena, Germany

    E. -D. Schulze

  7. Kiel, Germany

    U. Sommer

  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

    Seppo Neuvonen

  11. Department of Geography, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55, 20146, Hamburg, Germany

    Dietbert Thannheiser

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Meier, K.D., Thannheiser, D., Wehberg, J., Eisenmann, V. (2005). Soils and Nutrients in Northern Mountain Birch Forests: A Case Study from Finnmarksvidda, Northern Norway. 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_2

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