Organic matter and nitrogen dynamics in a mature forest of common beech in the Sierra de la Demanda, Spain

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 58, Number 3, April 2001


Page(s)		301 - 314
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2001128

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