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    Heike Lischke

  2. Geological Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ZĂĽrich, Switzerland

    Thomas J. Löffler

  3. Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 80305, Boulder, CO, USA

    Peter E. Thornton

  4. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, ZĂĽrcherstrasse 111, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

    Niklaus E. Zimmermann

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Lischke, H., Löffler, T.J., Thornton, P.E., Zimmermann, N.E. (2007). Model Up-scaling in Landscape Research. In: Kienast, F., Wildi, O., Ghosh, S. (eds) A Changing World. Landscape Series, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4436-6_16

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