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Original Articles

Seasonal and interannual variability in 13C composition of ecosystem carbon fluxes in the U.S. Southern Great Plains

Margaret S. TornLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley, One Cyclotron Rd, 90R111, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA;Correspondence[email protected]
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Sebastien C. BiraudLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, USA;
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Christopher J. StillUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Geography Department, USA;
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William J. RileyLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, USA;
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Joe A. BerryCarnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Global Ecology, USA
Pages 181-195 | Received 05 Jan 2010, Accepted 02 Nov 2010, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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