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E. R. Ingham, J. A. Trofymow, R. N. Ames, H. W. Hunt, C. R. Morley, J. C. Moore, D. C. Coleman, Trophic Interactions and Nitrogen Cycling in a Semi-Arid Grassland Soil. II. System Responses to Removal of Different Groups of Soil Microbes or Fauna, Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Aug., 1986), pp. 615-630
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