Grazing intensity significantly affects belowground carbon and nitrogen cycling in grassland ecosystems: a meta‐analysis

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Global Change Biology

• Publication date

  2017-03-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/gcb.13431PMID 27416555
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