Articles | Volume 11, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6633-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-6633-2014
Research article
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02 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2014

Pasture degradation modifies the water and carbon cycles of the Tibetan highlands

W. Babel, T. Biermann, H. Coners, E. Falge, E. Seeber, J. Ingrisch, P.-M. Schleuß, T. Gerken, J. Leonbacher, T. Leipold, S. Willinghöfer, K. Schützenmeister, O. Shibistova, L. Becker, S. Hafner, S. Spielvogel, X. Li, X. Xu, Y. Sun, L. Zhang, Y. Yang, Y. Ma, K. Wesche, H.-F. Graf, C. Leuschner, G. Guggenberger, Y. Kuzyakov, G. Miehe, and T. Foken

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