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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7423-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-7423-2013
Research article
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19 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2013

Variability of above-ground litter inputs alters soil physicochemical and biological processes: a meta-analysis of litterfall-manipulation experiments

S. Xu, L. L. Liu, and E. J. Sayer

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