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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1717-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1717-2013
Research article
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13 Mar 2013
Research article |  | 13 Mar 2013

Causes of variation in soil carbon simulations from CMIP5 Earth system models and comparison with observations

K. E. O. Todd-Brown, J. T. Randerson, W. M. Post, F. M. Hoffman, C. Tarnocai, E. A. G. Schuur, and S. D. Allison

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