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Marilyn D. Walker, Donald A. Walker, Kaye R. Everett, Susan K. Short, Steppe Vegetation on South-Facing Slopes of Pingos, Central Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, U.S.A., Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 23, No. 2 (May, 1991), pp. 170-188
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