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Changes in soil organic carbon in the upper Heihe river basin, China

Qin YY^1,2, F Qi¹, NM Holden³, JJ Cao⁴

1 Key Laboratory of Ecohydrology of Inland River Basin, Alashan Desert Ecohydrology Experimental Research Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 73000, China.
2 Research Institute of Forestry Science of Bai Long Jiang Forestry Management Bureau, Lanzhou 73000, China.
3 UCD School of Biosystems Engineering, Agriculture and Food Science Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
4 College of Geography and Environment Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 73000, China.

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