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Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science Volume 61, 2011 - Issue 4
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Evergreen broad-leaved forest improves soil water status compared with tea tree plantation in Ailao Mountains, Southwest China

Hede Gong Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China; Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China
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Yiping Zhang Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China
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Yanbao Lei Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China; School of Environmental Sciences and Biological Resources, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, Hunan, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Yuhong Liu Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China
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Guoping Yang Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China
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Zhiyun Lu Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, 666303, Yunnan, China
Pages 384-388 | Received 20 Dec 2009, Accepted 12 May 2010, Published online: 14 Mar 2011

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