Black carbon in the boreal
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Black (pyrogenic) carbon in boreal forests: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties C. M. Preston and M. W. I. Schmidt Pacific Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, 506 W. Burnside Rd., Victoria BC, V8Z 1M5, Canada Dept. of Geography, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland Received: 22 December 2005 – Accepted: 12 January 2006 – Published: 28 February 2006 Correspondence to: C. M. Preston ([email protected])
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