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| Variability among sites and climate models contribute to uncertain spruce growth projections in Denmark
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| Non-linear regional weather-growth relationships indicate limited adaptability of the eastern Baltic Scots pine
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| Pervasive tree-growth reduction in Tibetan juniper forests
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| Tree vitality indicators revealed a rapid response of beech forests to the 2018 drought
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| Pan-European sustainable forest management indicators for assessing climate-smart forestry in Europe
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| Soil physicochemical properties drive the variation in soil microbial communities along a forest successional series in a degraded wetland in northeastern China
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| Freezing tolerance of seeds can explain differences in the distribution of two widespread mistletoe subspecies in Europe
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| Experimental warming alleviates the adverse effects from tropospheric ozone on two urban tree species
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| Shoot removal interacts with soil temperature to affect survival, growth and physiology of young ramets of a bamboo
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| Physiological and growth responses to defoliation of older needles in <em>Abies</em> <em>alba</em> trees grown under two light regimes
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| Root response of Moso Bamboo (<em>Phyllostachys edulis</em> (Carrière) J. Houz.) seedlings to drought with different intensities and durations
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| Species-specific responses of root morphology of three co-existing tree species to nutrient patches reflect their root foraging strategies
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| Shifts in food plant abundance for flower-visiting insects between 1900 and 2017 in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland
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| Tree growth response to recent warming of two endemic species in Northeast Asia
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