Biophysical controls on canopy transpiration in a black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) plantation on the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China
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Lei Jiao, Nan Lu,* Ge Sun, Eric J. Ward and Bojie Fu 1 State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 2 Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing 100875, China 3 Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA 4 Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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