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A meta-analysis of soil biodiversity impacts on the carbon cycle
M.-A. de Graaff
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Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
J. Adkins
Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA
P. Kardol
Department of Forest Ecol. Manag., Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umeå, Sweden
H. L. Throop
Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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