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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tree growth in sync

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Global synchrony in tree growth shows a recent rapid rise tied to increasing temperature synchrony, which might alter global carbon sink dynamics.

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Fig. 1: Growth synchrony.

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Kueppers, L.M. RETRACTED ARTICLE: Tree growth in sync. Nat Ecol Evol 4, 1578–1579 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01326-7

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