Articles | Volume 11, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7331-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7331-2014
Research article
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19 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2014

Contrasting photosynthetic characteristics of forest vs. savanna species (Far North Queensland, Australia)

K. J. Bloomfield, T. F. Domingues, G. Saiz, M. I. Bird, D. M. Crayn, A. Ford, D. J. Metcalfe, G. D. Farquhar, and J. Lloyd

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