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Mcainsh, M.R. (2007). Calcium Oscillations in Guard Cell Adaptive Responses to the Environment. In: Mancuso, S., Shabala, S. (eds) Rhythms in Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68071-0_7

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