Larger phylogenetic distances in litter mixtures: lower microbial biomass and higher C/N ratios but equal mass loss

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

• Publication date

  2015-05-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rspb.2015.0103PMID 25876845PMCID PMC4426623
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