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Modelling the production and species richness of wild mushrooms in pine forests of the Central Pyrenees in northeastern Spain

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(2009) Sonja Wipf   PLANT ECOLOGY

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On the ‘Divergence Problem’ in Northern Forests: A review of the tree-ring evidence and possible causes

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