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Fine root biomass under a tropical forest light gap opening in Costa Rica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Robert L. Sanford Jr
Robert L. Sanford Jr
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Department of Forestry and Resource Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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Keywords

Costa Ricafine root biomasslight gaptropical forest
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 251 - 256
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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