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Vegetation restoration and plant roots improve soil infiltration capacity after a severe forest fire in Daxing’anling, northeast China

L. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Q. Fu and T. Li
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2022, 77 (2) 135-143; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00059
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