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Drought Severity and Nitrogen Addition Interactively Modulate Seedling Growth and Resource-Use Strategies of Quercus

Qinghua Yang1, Huling Zhang1, Jiazhi Wang2

  • 1School of Biological Science and Engineering, North Minzu University, Yinchuan 750021, China.

Biology
|July 15, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
drought stressfunctional traitsnitrogenphotosynthetic indicesphysiological indices

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