Complementarity of dung beetle species with different functional behaviours influence dung–soil carbon cycling
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Greenhouse gas emissions from dung pats vary with dung beetle species and with assemblage composition
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161118.].
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عنوان ژورنال: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0038-0717
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.004