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Little Effect of Land Use on N 2 O and NO Emission Pulses Following Rewetting of Dry Soils Across Seasonally Dry sub‐Saharan Africa
- Award ID(s):
- 1739724
- PAR ID:
- 10284058
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
- Volume:
- 126
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2169-8953
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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