🍂⏩The overall decomposition of the spring-lodged litter is faster than the autumn-lodged litter in a steppe ecosystem

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Percentage remaining of Chinese fir litter after one year of decomposition.

Shuotian Lai et al. estimated the mass loss and release rates of carbon and nutrients (including nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium and magnesium) during the first year of #ChineseFir #LitterDecomposition.

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