Climate change may reduce litter decomposition while enhancing the contribution of photodegradation in dry perennial Mediterranean grasslands

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Soil Biology & Biochemistry

• Publication date

  2015-11-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.SOILBIO.2015.08.006
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