Conversion from agriculture to grassland builds soil organic matter on decadal timescales.

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Ecological Applications

• Publication date

  2006-02-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/04-1650PMID 16705968
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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