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W. D. Billings, G. R. Shaver, A. W. Trent, Measurement of Root Growth in Simulated and Natural Temperature Gradients over Permafrost, Arctic and Alpine Research, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug., 1976), pp. 247-250
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