Small does not mean young: Age estimation of severely browsed trees in anthropogenic Mediterranean landscapes
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Geography Unit, Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 4, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland Chair for Climatic Change and Climate Impacts, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Route de Drize 7, CH-1227 Carouge, Switzerland c Laboratory of Dendrogeomorphology, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1-3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland Department of Biology and Botanical Garden, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland Department of Biology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, GR-71409 Heraklion, Crete, Greece Botanical Garden, University of Crete, Gallos Campus, GR-74100 Rethymnon, Crete, Greece Natural History Museum of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 6, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
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