Articles | Volume 16, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3333-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-3333-2019
Research article
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04 Sep 2019
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2019

Plant functional traits determine latitudinal variations in soil microbial function: evidence from forests in China

Zhiwei Xu, Guirui Yu, Qiufeng Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Ruili Wang, Ning Zhao, Nianpeng He, and Ziping Liu

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