Disturbance can slow down litter decomposition, depending on severity of disturbance and season: an example from Mount Kilimanjaro

Röder, Juliane; Appelhans, Tim; Peters, Marcell K.; Nauss, Thomas; Brandl, Roland

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Disturbance can slow down litter decomposition, depending on severity of disturbance and season: an example from Mount Kilimanjaro

Juliane Röder, Tim Appelhans, Marcell K. Peters, Thomas Nauss, and Roland Brandl

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