Shifting plant species composition in response to climate change stabilizes grassland primary production

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2018-04-16

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1700299114PMID 29666319PMCID PMC5910805
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