Primary production and rain use efficiency across a precipitation gradient on the Mongolia Plateau.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2008-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/07-0992.1PMID 18724724
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