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Acknowledgments
The research was supported by German-Israeli research
grant (GLOWA - Jordan River) from the Israeli Ministry of
Science and Technology; and the German
Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
and by integrated project granted by the European
Commission's Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 1.1.6.3
Global Change and Ecosystems (CIRCE), Contract
no.:036961.
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