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M. Syndonia Bret-Harte, Gaius R. Shaver, Jennifer P. Zoerner, Jill F. Johnstone, Joanna L. Wagner, Andreas S. Chavez, Ralph F. Gunkelman IV, Suzanne C. Lippert, James A. Laundre, Developmental Plasticity Allows Betula nana to Dominate Tundra Subjected to an Altered Environment, Ecology, Vol. 82, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pp. 18-32
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