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Forest Defoliation Risks in Birch Forest by Insects Under Different Climate and Land Use Scenarios in Northern Europe

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Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests

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  1. Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    S. Neuvonen

  2. Department of Entomology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden

    H. Bylund

  3. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Polarmiljøsenteret, 9296, Tromsø, Norway

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    M. M. Caldwell

  2. Marburg, Germany

    G. Heldmaier

  3. Durham, USA

    R. B. Jackson

  4. Würzburg, Germany

    O. L. Lange

  5. Stanford, USA

    H. A. Mooney

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  8. Department of Biology, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1045, Blindern 0316, Oslo, Norway

    Frans E. Wielgolaski

  9. Department of Plant Ecology Ecolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Villavägen 14, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden

    P. Staffan Karlsson

  10. Kevo Subarctic Research Institute, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland

    Seppo Neuvonen

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Neuvonen, S., Bylund, H., Tømmervik, H. (2005). Forest Defoliation Risks in Birch Forest by Insects Under Different Climate and Land Use Scenarios in Northern Europe. In: Caldwell, M.M., et al. Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests. Ecological Studies, vol 180. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26595-3_9

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