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Title: Assessing variability of optimum air temperature for photosynthesis across site-years, sites and biomes and their effects on photosynthesis estimation
Award ID(s):
1946093 1920946
NSF-PAR ID:
10211846
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Volume:
298-299
Issue:
C
ISSN:
0168-1923
Page Range / eLocation ID:
108277
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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