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Phillips, O.L., Lewis, S.L., Baker, T.R., Malhi, Y. (2007). The response of South American tropical forests to contemporary atmospheric change. In: Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48842-2_12
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