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Impacts of the world’s largest afforestation program (Three-North Afforestation Program) on desertification control in sandy land of China

Ke Qia Qingyuan Forest CERN, National Observation and Research Station, Fushun, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;b Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;c Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;d Key Laboratory for Management of No-commercial Forests, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4598-1183View further author information
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Jiaojun Zhua Qingyuan Forest CERN, National Observation and Research Station, Fushun, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;b Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;d Key Laboratory for Management of No-commercial Forests, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xiao Zhenga Qingyuan Forest CERN, National Observation and Research Station, Fushun, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;b Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of China;d Key Laboratory for Management of No-commercial Forests, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1721-2638View further author information
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G. Geoff Wange Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-4859View further author information
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Mingcai Lif Tianjin Institute of Meteorological Science, Tianjin, People’s Republic of ChinaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0719-1578View further author information
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Article: 2167574 | Received 28 Jun 2022, Accepted 09 Jan 2023, Published online: 24 Jan 2023

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