Litter from a tropical savanna woodland (Miombo) : chemical composition and C and N mineralization

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• Publication year

  1995

• Venue

  Soil Biology & Biochemistry

• Publication date

  1995-12-01

• Fields of study

  Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00073-N
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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