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Contributions of Quaternary botany to modern ecology and biogeography

H. John B. BirksDepartment of Biological Sciences and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norways;Ecological Change Research Centre, University College London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 189-385 | Received 21 Jun 2018, Accepted 18 Jul 2019, Published online: 06 Dec 2019

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