Acid butanol assay for proanthocyanidins (condensed tannins)

Methods to Study Litter Decomposition: A Practical Guide

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 107-114

  Gessner, Mark O ^a   Steiner, Daniel ^a  

^a Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84919664781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3466-0_16     Document Type: Chapter

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