Assessing nutrient limitation in complex forested ecosystems: alternatives to large-scale fertilization experiments.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Ecology

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/13-0825.1PMID 24804451
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