Maintenance of a Living Understory Enhances Soil Carbon Sequestration in Subtropical Orchards

• Zhanfeng Liu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Yongbiao Lin ,

  * E-mail: linyb@scbg.ac.cn (YBL); sfu@scbg.ac.cn (SLF)

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Hongfang Lu,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Mingmao Ding,

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Yaowen Tan,

  Affiliation Guangzhou Fruit Research Institute, Guangzhou, China

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• Shejin Xu,

  Affiliation Guangzhou Fruit Research Institute, Guangzhou, China

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• Shenglei Fu

  * E-mail: linyb@scbg.ac.cn (YBL); sfu@scbg.ac.cn (SLF)

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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