Generality of leaf traits relationships of dominant species along the secondary succession in the Loess Plateau of China
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1 Key Laboratory of Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in North-western China of Ministry of Education, United Center for Ecology Research and Bioresource Exploitation in Western China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China. 2 National Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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