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Diversity in the afterlife

Jennie R. McLaren ()
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Jennie R. McLaren: University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA.

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7499, 173-174

Abstract: Field experiments that varied the composition of both plant litter and the organisms that break it down have revealed that, across ecosystems, lower biodiversity slows the rate of litter decomposition. See Letter p.218

Date: 2014
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