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    Qingqiang Chen

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    Qingqiang Chen, Chengde Shen, Yanmin Sun, Weixi Yi & Mantao Jiang

  3. South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China

    Shaolin Peng & Zhi’an Li

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  1. Faculty of Resources & Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070 Wuhan, China People’s Republic

    Qiaoyun Huang (Dr) (Dr)

  2. Dept. Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada

    Pan Ming Huang (Dr) (Dr)

  3. Dipto. Scienze del Suolo della Pianta e dell’ Ambiente, Università Napoli Federico II, Via Università, 100, 80055 Portici NA, Italy

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Chen, Q. et al. (2008). Soil Carbon Dynamics in a Subtropical Mountainous Region, South China: Results Based on Carbon Isotopic Tracing. In: Huang, Q., Huang, P.M., Violante, A. (eds) Soil Mineral Microbe-Organic Interactions. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77686-4_9

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