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Phenological Responses of Snowbed Species to Snow Removal Dates in the Central Alps: Implications for Climate Warming

Karl Huelber Department of Conservation Biology, Department of Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria; Corresponding author. mailto: [email protected]
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Michael Gottfried Department of Conservation Biology, Department of Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Harald Pauli Department of Conservation Biology, Department of Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Karl Reiter Department of Conservation Biology, Department of Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Manuela Winkler Department of Integrative Biology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
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Georg Grabherr Department of Conservation Biology, Department of Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Pages 99-103 | Received 01 Mar 2005, Published online: 28 Jan 2018

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