Coordinated approaches for studying long-term ecosystem responses to global change

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 921-924

  Sternberg, Marcelo ^a   Yakir, Dan ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 84925461163     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3237-2     Document Type: Editorial

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