The carbon isotope composition of plants and soils as biomarkers of pollution

Isoscapes: Understanding movement, pattern, and process on Earth through isotope mapping

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 407-423

  Pataki, Diane E ^a   Randerson, James T ^a   Wang, Wenwen ^a   Herzenach, Marykay ^b   Grulke, Nancy E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_19     Document Type: Chapter

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