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Mineral stabilization of soil carbon is suppressed by live roots, outweighing influences from litter quality or quantity

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Increasing rates of long‐term nitrogen deposition consistently increased litter decomposition in a semi‐arid grassland

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Can switchgrass increase carbon accrual in marginal soils? The importance of site selection

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Influence of Coprecipitated Organic Matter on Fe2+(aq)-Catalyzed Transformation of Ferrihydrite: Implications for Carbon Dynamics

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Annual burning of a tallgrass prairie inhibits C and N cycling in soil, increasing recalcitrant pyrogenic organic matter storage while reducing N availability

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Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests

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Association Studies of MMP-9 in Parkinson’s Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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