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Frost Resistance at the Upper Timberline

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  1. Institut für Botanik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Gilbert Neuner

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  1. Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape (BFW), Innsbruck, Austria

    Gerhard Wieser

  2. The University of Melbourne, Creswick, VIC, Australia

    Michael Tausz

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Neuner, G. (2007). Frost Resistance at the Upper Timberline. In: Wieser, G., Tausz, M. (eds) Trees at their Upper Limit. Plant Ecophysiology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5074-7_10

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