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Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology Volume 47, 1995 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

The climate-carbon isotope relationship in tree rings and the significance of site conditions

M. SaurerPhysics Institute, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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U. SiegenthalerPhysics Institute, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
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F. SchweingruberSwiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, CH -8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Pages 320-330 | Received 05 Apr 1994, Accepted 06 Sep 1994, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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