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during the day. Therefore, despite low soil
water supply, greater nighttime recharging
was possible because the deficits developed
were less .
Acknowledgments
The work reported in this paper was sup -
ported by National Science Foundation Gran t
No . GB-20963 to the Coniferous Forest
Biome, U .S. Analysis of Ecosystems, International
Biological Program . This is Contribution
No . 43 to the Coniferous Forest Biome ,
IBP .
The authors are also indebted to Mr . Peter
K. McCracken and Mr . Peter S . Machno for
their assistance in various phases of this study .
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