The effect of mixtures on colonisation of leaf litter decomposing in a stream and at its riparian zone

Abelho, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/we-14-13-2014

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The effect of mixtures on colonisation of leaf litter decomposing in a stream and at its riparian zone

M. Abelho

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