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Early studies of nutrient cycling in moist tropical forests described productive forests rich in nutrients (98, 114, 176) in which rates of primary production and the amounts of nutrients cycled clearly exceeded those in temperate zone forests. Reviews of global-scale patterns in biomass, production, and nutrient
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