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Chapter 10 - Soil Biology

from Part II - Pedology, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2019

Pedro A. Sanchez
Pedro A. Sanchez
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Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics , pp. 236 - 258
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