Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2293-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2293-2017
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05 May 2017
Research article |  | 05 May 2017

Quantification of dynamic soil–vegetation feedbacks following an isotopically labelled precipitation pulse

Arndt Piayda, Maren Dubbert, Rolf Siegwolf, Matthias Cuntz, and Christiane Werner

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