The Tea Bag Index—UK: Using Citizen/Community Science to Investigate Organic Matter Decomposition Rates in Domestic Gardens
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tea bag index; decomposition; decomposition rate; stabilisation factor; soil carbon; garden soil; gardening; citizen science; community science;All these keywords.
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