Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2013-07-10

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nature12291PMID 23842499
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