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IN 1951, C. O. Tamm1 gave figures for the mineral nutrient composition of rain-water collected under three species of forest trees. M. G. Mes2 has since published experimental work on the loss of phosphorus and other mineral elements from living leaves due to the influence of rain.
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Tamm, C. O., Physiol. Plant., 4, 184 (1951).
Mes, M. G., South Afr. J. Sci., 50, 167 (1954).
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WILL, G. Removal of Mineral Nutrients from Tree Crowns by Rain. Nature 176, 1180 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/1761180b0
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