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  1. U.S. Forest Service, Durham, NH, 03824, U.S.A.

    Lindsey E. Rustad

  2. U.S. Geological Survey, Atlanta, GA 30360, U.S.A.

    Thomas G. Huntington

  3. Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, U.S.A.

    Richard D. Boone

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Rustad, L.E., Huntington, T.G. & Boone, R.D. Controls on soil respiration: Implications for climate change. Biogeochemistry 48, 1–6 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006255431298

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