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. 2011 May 10;108(19):E94; author reply E95.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1100394108. Epub 2011 Apr 11.

Increasing contamination might have delayed spring phenology on the Tibetan Plateau

Shuhua Yi, Zhaoye Zhou
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Increasing contamination might have delayed spring phenology on the Tibetan Plateau

Shuhua Yi et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
The time series of aerosol indexes of each month in the growing season (May to September) over the period of 1992–2004 on the Tibetan Plateau (latitude: 30°–35°N; longitude: 82°–102°E).
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