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    Wim Sombroek

  2. Museum Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordination of the Earth Science and Ecology, Belém, PA, Brazil

    Maria De Lourdes Ruivo

  3. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia INPA, Manaus, AM, Brazil

    Philip M. Fearnside

  4. Institute of Soil Science and Soil Geography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Bruno Glaser

  5. Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Johannes Lehmann

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Sombroek, W., Ruivo, M.D.L., Fearnside, P.M., Glaser, B., Lehmann, J. (2003). Amazonian Dark Earths as Carbon Stores and Sinks. In: Lehmann, J., Kern, D.C., Glaser, B., Wodos, W.I. (eds) Amazonian Dark Earths. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2597-1_7

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