The microbiology of soil structure

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1986, Pages 95-113

  Burns, Richard G ^a   Davies, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002427408     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1986.9754465     Document Type: Article

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