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Effects of ski piste preparation on alpine vegetation

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Sonja Wipf, Christian Rixen, Markus Fischer, Bernhard Schmid, Veronika Stoeckli (2005): Effects of ski piste preparation on alpine vegetation. Journal of Applied Ecology 42: 306-316, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01011.x

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