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Emissions of nitrogen oxides from equatorial rain forest in central Africa: origin and regulation of NO emission from soils Cover

Emissions of nitrogen oxides from equatorial rain forest in central Africa: origin and regulation of NO emission from soils

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|Jan 1994

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Language: English
Page range: 243 - 254
Submitted on: Jul 7, 1992
Accepted on: May 5, 1994
Published on: Jan 1, 1994
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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