Articles | Volume 11, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2287-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-2287-2014
Research article
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24 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 24 Apr 2014

Trade-offs between high yields and greenhouse gas emissions in irrigation wheat cropland in China

Z. L. Cui, L. Wu, Y. L. Ye, W. Q. Ma, X. P. Chen, and F. S. Zhang

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