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  1. CENA, CP 96, 13400, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    E. Salati & P. B. Vose

  2. World Wildlife Fund-US, 1601 Connecticut Avenue NW, 20009, Washington DC, U.S.A.

    T. E. Lovejoy

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This position paper emanated from a workshop at the Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) at Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brasil, 10–13 November 1981, supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Technológico (CNPq), Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN), IAEA/UNDP Project BRA/70/006, and in part by funds from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) through the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Commission on Ecology.

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Salati, E., Lovejoy, T.E. & Vose, P.B. Precipitation and water recycling in tropical rain forests with special reference to the amazon basim. Environmentalist 3, 67–72 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240058

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