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Microbial carbon recycling – an underestimated process controlling soil carbon dynamics – Part 1: A long-term laboratory incubation experiment
A. Basler
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Centre for Stable Isotope Research and Analysis, Büsgen Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
M. Dippold
Department of Agricultural Soil Science, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
M. Helfrich
Thünen-Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture, Braunschweig, Germany
J. Dyckmans
Centre for Stable Isotope Research and Analysis, Büsgen Institute, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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