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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1833-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1833-2015
Research article
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20 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2015

Forests, savannas, and grasslands: bridging the knowledge gap between ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models

M. Baudena, S. C. Dekker, P. M. van Bodegom, B. Cuesta, S. I. Higgins, V. Lehsten, C. H. Reick, M. Rietkerk, S. Scheiter, Z. Yin, M. A. Zavala, and V. Brovkin

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