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Breakdown of forest litter in relation to environmental factors

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  1. Martin Witkamp

    Present address: Ecology Section, Health Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

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Witkamp, M., van der Drift, J. Breakdown of forest litter in relation to environmental factors. Plant Soil 15, 295–311 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01379465

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