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Competition for land. / Smith, Pete; Gregory, Peter J. ; van Vuuren, Detlef et al.
In: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, Vol. 365, No. 1554, 2010, p. 2941-2957.

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Smith, P, Gregory, PJ, van Vuuren, D, Obersteiner, M, Havlík, P, Rounsevell, M, Woods, J, Stehfest, E & Bellarby, J 2010, 'Competition for land', Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, vol. 365, no. 1554, pp. 2941-2957. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0127

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Smith, P., Gregory, P. J., van Vuuren, D., Obersteiner, M., Havlík, P., Rounsevell, M., Woods, J., Stehfest, E., & Bellarby, J. (2010). Competition for land. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 365(1554), 2941-2957. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0127

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Smith P, Gregory PJ, van Vuuren D, Obersteiner M, Havlík P, Rounsevell M et al. Competition for land. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 2010;365(1554):2941-2957. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0127

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Smith, Pete ; Gregory, Peter J. ; van Vuuren, Detlef et al. / Competition for land. In: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 2010 ; Vol. 365, No. 1554. pp. 2941-2957.

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