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Original Articles

Linking 13C-based estimates of land and ocean sinks with predictions of carbon storage from CO2 fertilization of plant growth

James T. RandersonCarnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Staeford, CA94305, USA;;Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Staeford, CA94305, USA;; Now at: Center for Atmospheric Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-4767, USA;
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Matthew V. ThompsonDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA02138, USA
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Christopher B. FieldCarnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Staeford, CA94305, USA;
Pages 668-678 | Received 04 May 1998, Accepted 27 Aug 1998, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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