Traits determining the digestibility–decomposability relationships in species from Mediterranean rangelands

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  2018

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  Annals of Botany

• Publication date

  2018-03-05

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/aob/mcx175PMID 29324980PMCID PMC5838807
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