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Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency
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- Huxman, T. E., Smith, M. D., Fay, P. A., Knapp, A. K., Shaw, M. R., Loik, M. E., Smith, S. D., Tissue, D. T., Zak, J. C., Weltzin, J. F., Pockman, W. T., Sala, O. E., Haddad, B. M., Harte, J., Koch, G. W., Schwinning, S., Small, E. E., & Williams, D. G.
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- Nature
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 429
- Issue
- 6992
- Pages
- 651-654
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2048382588
- Cited by
- 1,253
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 22.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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