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National Science Review |
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Nature Communications |
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Food Chemistry |
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Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology |
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Plant Physiology |
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Nature Communications |
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Global Change Biology |
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Remote Sensing of Environment |
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PNAS |
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Journal of Ecology |
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Global Change Biology |
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Cell Reports |
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Plant and Soil |
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Annals of Botany |
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Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences |
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Nature Communications |
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Nature Communications |
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The Plant Cell |
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Soil Biology and Biochemistry |
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Advanced Science |
| The future of the Arctic flora under climate change |
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National Science Review |
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Plant Physiology |
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BMC Plant Biology |
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Computers and Electronics in Agriculture |
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Science China-Life Sciences |
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Plant Physiology |
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Postharvest Biology and Technology |
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Journal of Ecology |
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Plant Physiology and Biochemistry |
