Environmental Pollution and Protection
Cropping Mulberry (Morus alba) in the Drawdown Zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir
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- Yun Liu*
Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region’s Eco-Environment (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China - J.H. Martin Willison
School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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