Hydrological shifts and tree growth responses to river modification along the Apalachicola River, Florida
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Hydrological shifts and tree growth responses to river modification along the Apalachicola River, Florida Matthew C. Smith, J. Anthony Stallins, Justin T. Maxwell & Chris Van Dyke a Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA b Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA c Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA Published online: 13 Nov 2013.
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