Plant litter diversity increases microbial abundance, fungal diversity, and carbon and nitrogen cycling in a Mediterranean shrubland

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Soil Biology & Biochemistry

• Publication date

  2017-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.SOILBIO.2017.04.006
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