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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7739-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7739-2013
Research article
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28 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 28 Nov 2013

A fertile peatland forest does not constitute a major greenhouse gas sink

A. Meyer, L. Tarvainen, A. Nousratpour, R. G. Björk, M. Ernfors, A. Grelle, Å Kasimir Klemedtsson, A. Lindroth, M. Räntfors, T. Rütting, G. Wallin, P. Weslien, and L. Klemedtsson

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