Quantifying river water contributions to the transpiration of riparian trees along a losing river: lessons from stable isotopes and an iteration method

Li, Yue; Ma, Ying; Song, Xianfang; Zhang, Qian; Wang, Lixin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-3405-2023

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26 Sep 2023

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Quantifying river water contributions to the transpiration of riparian trees along a losing river: lessons from stable isotopes and an iteration method

Yue Li, Ying Ma, Xianfang Song, Qian Zhang, and Lixin Wang

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