Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2018-01-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.12871
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