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WANG Xue-Jing, BU Hai-Yan, ZHOU Xian-Hui, XU Dang-Hui, LIU Wei, QI Wei, GE Wen-Jing. Effect of Seed Shape on Germination in an Alpine Meadow on the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau[J]. Plant Science Journal, 2016, 34(3): 391-396. DOI: 10.11913/PSJ.2095-0837.2016.30391
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