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Topographically modified tree-ring chronologies as a potential means to improve paleoclimate inference

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Bunn, A.G., Hughes, M.K. & Salzer, M.W. Topographically modified tree-ring chronologies as a potential means to improve paleoclimate inference. Climatic Change 105, 627–634 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-010-0005-5

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