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Experimental Protocol for Manipulating Plant-induced Soil Heterogeneity
Published on: March 13, 2014
Differential trait responses of Phragmites australis to urbanisation
Viktor R Tóth1,2, Dorina Nagy3,4
1HUN-REN, Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Klebelsberg Kuno utca 3, Tihany, H-8237, Hungary. toth.viktor@blki.hu.
Scientific Reports
|June 5, 2026
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