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  1. Canada Research Chair in Wood and Fibre Quality, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V6T 1Z4

    Shawn D. Mansfield

  2. Medical Education Office, St. Michael’s Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Toronto, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5B 1 W8

    Mark O. Baerlocher

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  1. University of Coimbra, Portugal

    Manuel A.S. Graça

  2. Mount Allison University, Canada

    Felix Bärlocher

  3. Limnological Research Center, Switzerland

    Mark O. Gessner

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Mansfield, S.D., Baerlocher, M.O. (2005). Free Amino Acids. In: Graça, M.A., Bärlocher, F., Gessner, M.O. (eds) Methods to Study Litter Decomposition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3466-0_10

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