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Effects of Land-Use Changes on Sources, Sinks and Fluxes of Carbon in European Mountain Grasslands

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We thank all the authors for their contributions and constructive comments. Financial support was provided by the EU under contract EVK2-CT2001-00125.

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  1. Institut für Ökologie, Universität Innsbruck, Sternwartestr. 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Alexander Cernusca, Michael Bahn, Ulrike Tappeiner & Georg Wohlfahrt

  2. Department of Biological Science, University of Quebec at Montreal, P.O. Box 8888, H3C 3P8, Montreal, Canada

    Frank Berninger

  3. Institute for Alpine Environment, European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Viale Druso 1, 39100, Bolzano, Bolzano-Bozen, Italy

    Ulrike Tappeiner

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Cernusca, A., Bahn, M., Berninger, F. et al. Effects of Land-Use Changes on Sources, Sinks and Fluxes of Carbon in European Mountain Grasslands. Ecosystems 11, 1335–1337 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-008-9202-8

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