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Scott Armbruster, W., Rae, D.A., Edwards, M.E. (2007). Topographic complexity and terrestrial biotic response to high-latitude climate change: Variance is as important as the mean. In: Ørbæk, J.B., Kallenborn, R., Tombre, I., Hegseth, E.N., Falk-Petersen, S., Hoel, A.H. (eds) Arctic Alpine Ecosystems and People in a Changing Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48514-8_7
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