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The contentious nature of soil organic matter
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lehmann, J., & Kleber, M.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2015-11-23
- Volume
- 528
- Issue
- 7580
- Pages
- 60-68
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2200817828
- Cited by
- 4,525
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 236.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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