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The North Atlantic Oscillation and European vegetation dynamics

  1. Célia Gouveia1,2,
  2. Ricardo M. Trigo1,3,*,
  3. Carlos C. DaCamara1,
  4. Renata Libonati1,
  5. José M. C. Pereira4

Article first published online: 27 FEB 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1682

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 14, pages 1835–1847, 30 November 2008

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Gouveia, C., Trigo, R. M., DaCamara, C. C., Libonati, R. and Pereira, J. M. C. (2008), The North Atlantic Oscillation and European vegetation dynamics. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1835–1847. doi: 10.1002/joc.1682

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  1. 1

    IDL-CGUL, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

  2. 2

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal

  3. 3

    Departamento de Engenharias, Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal

  4. 4

    Department of Forestry, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

*Centro de Geofísica da Universidade de Lisboa, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Univ. de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Ed C8, Piso 6, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 27 FEB 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 24 DEC 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 15 NOV 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 19 JUL 2007

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