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Diversity did not influence soil water use of tree clusters in a temperate mixed forest
M. Meißner
Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
M. Köhler
Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
D. Hölscher
Tropical Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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