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. 2018 Apr 24;115(17):E3865.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1805018115. Epub 2018 Apr 17.

Reply to Xi et al.: Water table fluctuation is well recognized and discussed in our study

Ying Fan  1 , Gonzalo Miguez-Macho  2 , Esteban G Jobbágy  3 , Robert B Jackson  4   5   6 , Carlos Otero-Casal  2
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Reply to Xi et al.: Water table fluctuation is well recognized and discussed in our study

Ying Fan et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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