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The flux of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in 1980 due to changes in land use: geographic distribution of the global flux

R. A. HoughtonThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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R. D. BooneThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA;Department of Forestry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003, USA
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J. R. FruciThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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J. E. HobbieThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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J. M. MelilloThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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C. A. PalmThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA;Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC27650, USA
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B. J. PetersonThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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G. R. ShaverThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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G. M. WoodwellThe Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA;Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA02543, USA
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B. MooreComplex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH03824, USA
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D. L. SkoleComplex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH03824, USA
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N. MyersUpper Meadow, Old Road, Headington, OxfordOX3 8SZ, England
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Pages 122-139 | Received 10 Dec 1985, Accepted 21 Jul 1986, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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