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J. Grace, H. W. Woolhouse, A Physiological and Mathematical Study of Growth and Productivity of a Calluna-Sphagnum Community. IV. A Model of Growing Calluna, Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Apr., 1974), pp. 281-295
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