Introduction. The boreal forest and global change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1501, 2008, Pages 2245-2247

  Ruckstuhl, K E ^a   Johnson, E A ^a   Miyanishi, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 44449177622     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2196     Document Type: Editorial

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