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Original research article
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14 Apr 2015
Original research article |
| 14 Apr 2015
Amino acid and N mineralization dynamics in heathland soil after long-term warming and repetitive drought
L. C. Andresen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 460, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
current address: Department of Plant Ecology, Justus-Liebig-Universität-Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Gießen, Germany
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
A. Tietema
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Box 94240, 1090 GE Amsterdam, the Netherlands
P. Boeckx
Isotope Bioscience Laboratory – ISOFYS, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
T. Rütting
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 460, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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