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23 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 23 Sep 2020

Global distribution of hydrologic controls on forest growth

Caspar T. J. Roebroek, Lieke A. Melsen, Anne J. Hoek van Dijke, Ying Fan, and Adriaan J. Teuling

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