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Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change

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Morley, R.J. (2007). Cretaceous and Tertiary climate change and the past distribution of megathermal rainforests. In: Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48842-2_1

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