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Bush, M.B., Gosling, W.D., Colinvaux, P.A. (2007). Climate change in the lowlands of the Amazon Basin. In: Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48842-2_3
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