A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Nature Ecology & Evolution

• Publication date

  2017-11-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/s41559-017-0367-4PMID 29133902
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