Increased Litterfall in Tropical Forests Boosts the Transfer of Soil CO₂ to the Atmosphere

• Emma J. Sayer ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ejs44@cam.ac.uk

  Affiliations Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, Republic of Panama

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• Jennifer S. Powers,

  Affiliations Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Edmund V. J. Tanner

  Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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