Abstract:
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journal_name
Oecologiajournal_title
Oecologiaauthors
Pyankov VI,Gunin PD,Tsoog S,Black CCdoi
10.1007/s004420050985subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-04-01 00:00:00pages
15-31issue
1eissn
0029-8549issn
1432-1939pii
10.1007/s004420050985journal_volume
123pub_type
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