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Eurasian Mires of the Southern Taiga Belt: Modern Features and Response to Holocene Palaeoclimate

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Minayeva, T., Bleuten, W., Sirin, A., Lapshina, E.D. (2006). Eurasian Mires of the Southern Taiga Belt: Modern Features and Response to Holocene Palaeoclimate. In: Verhoeven, J.T.A., Beltman, B., Bobbink, R., Whigham, D.F. (eds) Wetlands and Natural Resource Management. Ecological Studies, vol 190. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33187-2_14

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