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Secular changes in Costa Rican rainfall: correlation with elevation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Theodore H. Fleming
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, USA

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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