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P. J. Webber, Diane Ebert May, The Magnitude and Distribution of Belowground Plant Structures in the Alpine Tundra of Niwot Ridge, Colorado, Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May, 1977), pp. 157-174
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