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Zhao, F., et al., Widespread Increasing Ecosystem Water Limitation During the Past Three Decades in the Yellow River Basin, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2023. 128(2). (高被引)

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Zhao, F., et al. Multi-environmental impacts of biofuel production in the U.S. Corn Belt: A coupled hydro-biogeochemical modeling approach, Journal of Cleaner Production, 251, 119561, 2020.

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