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Original Articles

Environmental controls on the stable carbon isotopic composition of soil organic carbon: implications for modelling the distribution of C3 and C4 plants, Australia

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Pages 604-621 | Received 25 Jul 2007, Accepted 21 Apr 2008, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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