Early stage litter decomposition across biomes.

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Science of the Total Environment

• Publication date

  2018-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012PMID 30045558
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