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Title: Spatially explicit patterns in a dryland's soil respiration and relationships with climate, whole plant photosynthesis and soil fertility

Journal Article · · Oikos
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04935· OSTI ID:1541616
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  1. US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab UT USA; Carl R. Woese Inst. for Genomic Biology, Univ. of Illinois, 1206 W. Gregory Drive Urbana IL 61801 USA
  2. US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab UT USA; School of Forestry, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff 86011 USA
  3. US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab UT USA
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Research Organization:
USGS Western Region, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0008168
OSTI ID:
1541616
Journal Information:
Oikos, Vol. 127, Issue 9; ISSN 0030-1299
Publisher:
Nordic Ecological Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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