Shrub expansion and climate feedbacks in Arctic tundra

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Loranty, Michael M ^a   Goetz, Scott J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84857959604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/011005     Document Type: Review

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