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Implications of future disturbance regimes on the carbon balance of Canada’s managed forest (2010–2100) Cover

Implications of future disturbance regimes on the carbon balance of Canada’s managed forest (2010–2100)

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 62 (2010): Issue 5
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|Jan 2010
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2010.00487.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
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Submitted on: Dec 29, 2009
Accepted on: Jun 15, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 2010 J. M. Metsaranta, W. A. Kurz, E. T. Neilson, G. Stinson, published by Stockholm University Press
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