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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-4979-2012
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-4979-2012
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06 Dec 2012
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Internal respiration of Amazon tree stems greatly exceeds external CO2 efflux

A. Angert, J. Muhr, R. Negron Juarez, W. Alegria Muñoz, G. Kraemer, J. Ramirez Santillan, E. Barkan, S. Mazeh, J. Q. Chambers, and S. E. Trumbore

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