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Jingjing Wang, Zhipeng Liu, Jianlun Gao, Lugato Emanuele, Yongqing Ren, Mingan Shao, Xiaorong Wei (2021). The Grain for Green project eliminated the effect of soil erosion on organic carbon on China's Loess Plateau between 1980 and 2008. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Vol. 322.DOI
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