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spellingShingle Papa, S., Cembrola, E., Pellegrino, A., Fuggi, A., Fioretto, A., European Journal of Soil Science, Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy, Soil Science
title Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy
title_full Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy
title_fullStr Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy
title_full_unstemmed Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy
title_short Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy
title_sort microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of <scp>s</scp>outh <scp>i</scp>taly
title_unstemmed Microbial enzyme activities, fungal biomass and quality of the litter and upper soil layer in a beech forest of south Italy
topic Soil Science
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12112