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Global model estimates of carbon and nitrogen storage in litter and soil pools: response to changes in vegetation quality and biomass allocation Cover

Global model estimates of carbon and nitrogen storage in litter and soil pools: response to changes in vegetation quality and biomass allocation

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology
Volume 49 (1997): Issue 1
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|Jan 1997
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v49i1.15947 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889
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Language: English
Page range: 1 - 17
Submitted on: Jul 19, 1995
Accepted on: Jul 16, 1996
Published on: Jan 1, 1997
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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© 1997 Christopher S. Potter, Steven A. Klooster, published by Stockholm University Press
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