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Chris J. Peterson, Walter P. Carson, Brian C. McCarthy, S. T. A. Pickett, Microsite Variation and Soil Dynamics within Newly Created Treefall Pits and Mounds, Oikos, Vol. 58, No. 1 (May, 1990), pp. 39-46
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