Root responses to nutrients and soil biota: drivers of species coexistence and ecosystem productivity
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Hans de Kroon*, Marloes Hendriks, Jasper van Ruijven, Janneke Ravenek, Francisco M. Padilla, Eelke Jongejans, Eric J. W. Visser and Liesje Mommer Experimental Plant Ecology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, PO Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and Nature Conservation and Plant Ecology, Wageningen University, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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