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Research Article

Quantifying drought response sensitivity and spatial and temporal heterogeneity of vegetation in arid and semi-arid regions

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Pages 1665-1683 | Received 24 Oct 2022, Accepted 14 Feb 2023, Published online: 22 Mar 2023

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