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Alpine Peatlands of the Andes, Cajamarca, Peru

David J. Cooper Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80305, U.S.ACorrespondence[email protected]
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Evan C. Wolf Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80305, U.S.A; Present address: Department of Environmental Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, U.S.A
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Christopher Colson Tetra Tech Inc., Boise, Idaho 83706, U.S.A
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Walter Vering Tetra Tech Inc., Boise, Idaho 83706, U.S.A
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Arturo Granda Herbario de la Facultad de Ciencias (MOL), Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Apdo. 456, Lima, Peru
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Michael Meyer Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., Cajamarca, Peru
Pages 19-33 | Accepted 01 Aug 2009, Published online: 16 Jan 2018

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