The role of soil microcosms in the study of ecosystem processes

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 685-690

  Verhoef, Herman A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001579923     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265492     Document Type: Article

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