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Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests pp 117–122Cite as

Synthesis Section 1: A Dynamic Forest in a Changing Environment

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  1. Department of Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Villavägen 14, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden

    P. S. Karlsson

  2. 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

  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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Karlsson, P.S., Wielgolaski, F.E. (2005). Synthesis Section 1: A Dynamic Forest in a Changing Environment. 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_8

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