Soil respiration of alpine meadow is controlled by freeze–thaw processes of active layer in the permafrost region of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Wang, Junfeng; Wu, Qingbai; Yuan, Ziqiang; Kang, Hojeong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2835-2020

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Soil respiration of alpine meadow is controlled by freeze–thaw processes of active layer in the permafrost region of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Junfeng Wang, Qingbai Wu, Ziqiang Yuan, and Hojeong Kang

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