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R. K. Haugen, J. Brown, Coastal-Inland Distributions of Summer Air Temperature and Precipitation in Northern Alaska, Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 12, No. 4, Patterns of Vegetation and Herbivory in Arctic Tundra: Results from the Research on Arctic Tundra Environments (RATE) Program (Nov., 1980), pp. 403-412
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