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Spatially simulating changes of soil water content and their effects on carbon sequestration in Canada’s forests and wetlands Cover

Spatially simulating changes of soil water content and their effects on carbon sequestration in Canada’s forests and wetlands

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Language: English
Page range: 140 - 159
Submitted on: Sep 17, 2009
Accepted on: Apr 8, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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