Land Use and Precipitation Affect Organic and Microbial Carbon Stocks and the Specific Metabolic Quotient in Soils of Eleven Ecosystems of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

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  2016

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  Land Degradation & Development

• Publication date

  2016-04-01

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  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ldr.2406
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