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Potential of ecological modelling and smart-drainage development for mitigating adverse effects of future global change-type droughts for the Estonian forest sector

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|Mar 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2020-0017 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
Language: English
Page range: 98 - 106
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 19, 2020
Published on: Mar 11, 2021
Published by: Estonian University of Life Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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