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The photosynthetic response of a high-altitude spruce forest to nitrogen amendments with implications for gross primary productivity Cover

The photosynthetic response of a high-altitude spruce forest to nitrogen amendments with implications for gross primary productivity

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Language: English
Page range: 59 - 68
Submitted on: Mar 11, 2009
Accepted on: Sep 2, 2009
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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