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The Use of High-resolution Infrared Thermography HRIT for the Study of Ice Nucleation and Ice Propagation in Plants
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Biogeographic implications of plant stature and microclimate in cold regions
Christian Körner1, Alex Fajardo2, Erika Hiltbrunner3
1Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Schönbeinstrasse 6, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. ch.koerner@unibas.ch.
Communications Biology
|June 26, 2023
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