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Trends in Above and Belowground Carbon with Forest Regrowth After Agricultural Abandonment in the Neotropics

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Marìn-Spiotta, E., Cusack, D.F., Ostertag, R., Silver, W.L. (2008). Trends in Above and Belowground Carbon with Forest Regrowth After Agricultural Abandonment in the Neotropics. In: Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_2

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