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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5657-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5657-2014
Research article
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16 Oct 2014
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2014

Foliar photochemical processes and carbon metabolism under favourable and adverse winter conditions in a Mediterranean mixed forest, Catalonia (Spain)

D. Sperlich, C. T. Chang, J. Peñuelas, C. Gracia, and S. Sabaté

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