Enhanced carbon storage following semi-arid afforestation
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Biogeochemical factors contributing to enhanced carbon storage following afforestation of a semi-arid shrubland J. M. Grünzweig, I. Gelfand, and D. Yakir Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel Received: 23 May 2007 – Accepted: 18 June 2007 – Published: 2 July 2007 Correspondence to: J. M. Grünzweig ([email protected])
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