The international study was led by Lorène J. Marchand and Matteo Campioli of the University of Antwerp’s PLECO research group, along with the University of Ghent in Belgium. Besides CREAF and the CSIC in Spain, various other European organizations and institutions also contributed to the study, including the Slovenian Forestry Institute, Umeå University in Sweden, the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.
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