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      Climate extremes initiate ecosystem-regulating functions while maintaining productivity : Drought effect on multiple ecosystem services

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                Journal
                Journal of Ecology
                Wiley-Blackwell
                00220477
                May 2011
                May 2011
                : 99
                : 3
                : 689-702
                Article
                10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01817.x
                c1f8d0b1-0643-47ee-ba1f-521780fdc505
                © 2011

                http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1

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