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Literature review performed by:
Philipp Duncker
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Institut für Waldwachstum
Bertoldstr. 17
79085 Freiburg
Germany

Mats Warensjoe
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Department of Forest Management and Products
901 83 Umeå
Sweden