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Vegetation of the Mountain Birch Forest in Northern Fennoscandia

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

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

    J. Wehberg

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

    D. Thannheiser

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

    K. -D. Meier

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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

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

    Dietbert Thannheiser

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Wehberg, J., Thannheiser, D., Meier, K.D. (2005). Vegetation of the Mountain Birch Forest in Northern Fennoscandia. 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_3

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