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Original Articles

Holocene vegetation and fire dynamics in the supra-Mediterranean belt of the Gredos Range (central Iberian Peninsula)

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Pages 74-86 | Received 19 Jul 2018, Accepted 10 Jan 2019, Published online: 26 Feb 2019

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