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+Authors of 4C (‘FORESEE’ - Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment)
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+Felicitas Suckow
+Petra Lasch-Born
+Martin Gutsch
+Chris Kollas
+Franz-W. Badeck
+Harald Bugmann
+Rüdiger Grote
+Cornelia Fürstenau
+Jörg Schaber
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