Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4193-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4193-2018
Research article
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11 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 11 Jul 2018

The strategies of water–carbon regulation of plants in a subtropical primary forest on karst soils in China

Jing Wang, Xuefa Wen, Xinyu Zhang, and Shenggong Li

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