Determinants of conifer distributions across peatland to forest gradients in the coastal temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska
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Sarah M. Bisbing,* David J. Cooper, David V. D’Amore and Kristin N. Marshall 1 Department of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Ave San Luis Obispo, 93407, CA, USA 2 Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, 1472 Campus Mail, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA 3 USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 11175 Auke Lake Way, Juneau, AK, 99801, USA 4 School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Box 355020, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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