Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-209-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-209-2014
Research article
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11 Apr 2014
Research article |  | 11 Apr 2014

Short-term changes in soil Munsell colour value, organic matter content and soil water repellency after a spring grassland fire in Lithuania

P. Pereira, X. Úbeda, J. Mataix-Solera, M. Oliva, and A. Novara

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