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Specific features of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) growth at the upper limit of its distribution in the Iremel’ mountain range, Southern Urals

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Original Russian Text © T.S. Babenko, Z.Ya. Nagimov, P.A. Moiseev, 2008, published in Ekologiya, 2008, No. 1, pp. 65–69.

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Babenko, T.S., Nagimov, Z.Y. & Moiseev, P.A. Specific features of Siberian spruce (Picea obovata) growth at the upper limit of its distribution in the Iremel’ mountain range, Southern Urals. Russ J Ecol 39, 63–67 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413608010104

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