Plant diversity enhances productivity and soil carbon storage

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2018-04-16

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1700298114PMID 29666315PMCID PMC5910804
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