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This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41877011, No. 41630751 and No. 41501281) and the China Scholarship Council.
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Zhou, J., Sun, H., Wang, J. et al. Comments on “unravelling community assemblages through multi-element stoichiometry in plant leaves and roots across primary successional stages in a glacier retreat area” by Jiang et al.. Plant Soil 433, 1–5 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3839-7
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