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Articles

Net ecosystem productivity of temperate and boreal forests after clearcutting—a Fluxnet-Canada measurement and modelling synthesis

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Pages 475-496 | Received 28 Nov 2009, Accepted 09 Jul 2010, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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