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Title: Pulse frequency and soil-litter mixing alter the control of cumulative precipitation over litter decomposition
NSF-PAR ID:
10033719
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Ecology
Volume:
98
Issue:
9
ISSN:
0012-9658
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2255 to 2260
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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