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Emissions targets for CO2 stabilization as modified by carbon cycle feedbacks Cover

Emissions targets for CO2 stabilization as modified by carbon cycle feedbacks

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 58 (2006): Issue 5
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|Jan 2006
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0889.2006.00200.x | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 591 - 602
Submitted on: Nov 18, 2005
Accepted on: Jun 12, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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