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Synergic hydraulic and nutritional feedback mechanisms control surface patchiness of biological soil crusts on tertiary sands at a post-mining site Cover

Synergic hydraulic and nutritional feedback mechanisms control surface patchiness of biological soil crusts on tertiary sands at a post-mining site

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|Nov 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2014-0038 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 (formerly 0042-790X) | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
Language: English
Page range: 293 - 302
Submitted on: May 30, 2014
Accepted on: Sep 16, 2014
Published on: Nov 15, 2014
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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