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(2016) Beata Klimek et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

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(2016) E. Capra et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

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The diversity changes of soil microbial communities stimulated by climate, soil type and vegetation type analyzed via a functional gene array

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(2014) Xing-Feng Huang et al.   Botany

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(2014) Michael A. Huston   ECOLOGY

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(2014) Fabiana S. Paula et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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(2014) Kathleen M. Regan et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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(2013) Simon Pierce   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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Insect community structure and insect biodiversity conservation in an Alpine wetland subjected to an intermediate diversified management regime

(2012) Matteo Montagna et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

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(2010) T. Bell et al.   Biology Letters

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(2010) Kessy Abarenkov et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

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(2010) Bruno E. L. Cerabolini et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

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(2009) P. D. Schloss et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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(2009) Andrés Baselga   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY