Articles | Volume 14, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3947-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-3947-2017
Research article
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13 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2017

Initial shifts in nitrogen impact on ecosystem carbon fluxes in an alpine meadow: patterns and causes

Bing Song, Jian Sun, Qingping Zhou, Ning Zong, Linghao Li, and Shuli Niu

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