The relevance of the Rio-Convention on biodiversity to conserving the biodiversity of soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Hågvar, Sigmund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Rio Convention; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001790382     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00115-2     Document Type: Article

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