Global patterns in root decomposition: comparisons of climate and litter quality effects

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Oecologia

• Publication date

  2001-11-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s004420100740PMID 28547196
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