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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-95-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-95-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Original research article
| 
26 Apr 2021
Original research article |
| 26 Apr 2021
| 26 Apr 2021
Are researchers following best storage practices for measuring soil biochemical properties?
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor,
Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
Irene Cordero
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Mathilde Chomel
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Jocelyn M. Lavallee
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO 80523, USA
Angela L. Straathof
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, 1 Stone Road West,
Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2, Canada
Deborah Ashworth
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Holly Langridge
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Marina Semchenko
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Lai 40,
Tartu, 51005, Estonia
Franciska T. de Vries
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of
Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94240, 1090 GE, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
David Johnson
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
Richard D. Bardgett
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michael Smith
Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK
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