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Assessing ecological implications of climatic change: Can we rely on our simulation models?

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Hänninen, H. Assessing ecological implications of climatic change: Can we rely on our simulation models?. Climatic Change 31, 1–4 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01092977

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