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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-399-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-399-2013
Research article
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24 Jan 2013
Research article |  | 24 Jan 2013

Modeling the vertical soil organic matter profile using Bayesian parameter estimation

M. C. Braakhekke, T. Wutzler, C. Beer, J. Kattge, M. Schrumpf, B. Ahrens, I. Schöning, M. R. Hoosbeek, B. Kruijt, P. Kabat, and M. Reichstein

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