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A model of the coupled dynamics of climate, vegetation and terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry for regional applications Cover

A model of the coupled dynamics of climate, vegetation and terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry for regional applications

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|Jan 2011

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Language: English
Page range: 87 - 106
Submitted on: Mar 12, 2010
Accepted on: Jul 21, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2011
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2011 Benjamin Smith, Patrick Samuelsson, Anna Wramneby, Markku Rummukainen, published by Stockholm University Press
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