Vegetation-mediated surface soil organic carbon formation and potential carbon loss risks in Dongting Lake floodplain, China

Wang, Liyan; Deng, Zhengmiao; Xie, Yonghong; Wang, Tao; Li, Feng; Zou, Ye'ai; Wang, Buqing; Huo, Zhitao; Zhang, Cicheng; Peng, Changhui; Macrae, Andrew

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Vegetation-mediated surface soil organic carbon formation and potential carbon loss risks in Dongting Lake floodplain, China

Liyan Wang, Zhengmiao Deng, Yonghong Xie, Tao Wang, Feng Li, Ye'ai Zou, Buqing Wang, Zhitao Huo, Cicheng Zhang, Changhui Peng, and Andrew Macrae

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