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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-803-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-803-2023
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20 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 20 Feb 2023

Spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus) cause up to 700 times higher bark BVOC emission rates compared to healthy Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Erica Jaakkola, Antje Gärtner, Anna Maria Jönsson, Karl Ljung, Per-Ola Olsson, and Thomas Holst

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