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Nicolussi, K, Kaufmann, M, Melvin, TM, van der Plicht, J, Schiebling, P and Thurner, A (2009) A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronoly for the European Alps: a base for environmental and climatic investigations. The Holocene, 19. pp. 909-920.

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Melvin, TM, Briffa, KR, Nicolussi, K and Grabner, M (2007) Time-varying-response smoothing. Dendrochronologia, 25. pp. 65-79.

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Briffa, KR and Melvin, TM (2011) A closer look at Regional Curve Standardisation of tree-ring records: justification of the need, a warning of some pitfalls, and suggested improvements in its application. In: Dendroclimatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer Verlag, pp. 113-145.