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The effect of carbon on grass-encroachment in the Dutch coastal dunes:

A case study in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen

Version 3

Master Thesis Research

Author: Job van de Voort

Supervisor: A.M. Kooijman

Date: June 2010

Address: Nieuwe Achtergracht 166

Zipcode/City: 1018WV Amsterdam

Tel/fax: (+31) (020) 525-7436

e-mail: [email protected]

Research school: IBED - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamic

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