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Plant residues placed in soil in mesh bags do not mimic realistic decomposition conditions. Alternative techniques, e.g. combined particle size and density methods, have been proposed to monitor in situ decomposition of plant residues, but are not appropriately evaluated for their ability to quantitatively recover and characterise decomposing residues of a range of sizes mixed with soil over long...