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Topo-edaphic controls over woody plant biomass in South African savannas
M. S. Colgan
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA
Department of Environmental Earth System Science, Stanford University, CA, USA
G. P. Asner
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA
S. R. Levick
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA
R. E. Martin
Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA, USA
O. A. Chadwick
Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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