Weight loss and N release in decomposing wood litter in a eucalypt plantation age series

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 699-702

  Bargali, Surendra S ^a  

^a KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 0030118498     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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