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Complexities between plants and the atmosphere

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Fig. 1: Conceptual model of BVOCs–vegetation feedbacks via both physical and chemical pathways.

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Wang, B., Shugart, H.H. & Lerdau, M.T. Complexities between plants and the atmosphere. Nat. Geosci. 12, 693–694 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0413-8

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