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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v66.24065 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 24065 - 24065
Submitted on: Feb 14, 2014
Accepted on: Sep 22, 2014
Published on: Dec 1, 2014
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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