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Dissection of hyperspectral reflectance to estimate nitrogen and chlorophyll contents in tea leaves based on machine learning algorithms

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(2018) Cheng-Long Han et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

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Joint analysis of changes in temperature and precipitation on the Loess Plateau during the period 1961–2011

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(2016) Lei Deng et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

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The Role of Legumes in Plant Community Succession of Degraded Grasslands in Northern China

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Direct and indirect effects of climate change on soil microbial and soil microbial-plant interactions: What lies ahead?

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Soil Bacterial Community Response to Differences in Agricultural Management along with Seasonal Changes in a Mediterranean Region

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Medium-term response of microbial community to rhizodeposits of white clover and ryegrass and tracing of active processes induced by 13C and 15N labelled exudates

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Effects of plant diversity, N fertilization, and elevated carbon dioxide on grassland soil N cycling in a long-term experiment

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Effects of Revegetation on Soil Microbial Biomass, Enzyme Activities, and Nutrient Cycling on the Loess Plateau in China

(2012) Shao-Shan An et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Abundance, diversity and prospecting of culturable phosphate solubilizing bacteria on soils under crop–pasture rotations in a no-tillage regime in Uruguay

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Assessing the soil erosion control service of ecosystems change in the Loess Plateau of China

(2011) Bojie Fu et al.   Ecological Complexity

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(2011) Chao Zhang et al.   GEODERMA

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(2011) Jizhong Zhou et al.   Nature Climate Change

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Carbon and nitrogen balance in beech roots under competitive pressure of soil-borne microorganisms induced by girdling, drought and glucose application

(2010) Jana B. Winkler et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

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(2010) Chandra Bhushan Pandey et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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(2010) Cornelia Rumpel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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(2010) Yakov Kuzyakov   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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(2010) Daniel Geisseler et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Plant functional group identity differentially affects leaf and root decomposition

(2009) JENNIE R. McLAREN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Linkages between plant functional composition, fine root processes and potential soil N mineralization rates

(2008) Dario A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Soil respiration, root biomass, and root turnover following long-term exposure of northern forests to elevated atmospheric CO2and tropospheric O3

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