The quest for a contemporary ecological dimension to soil biology

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1549-1554

  Wardle, D A ^a   Giller, K E ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0030437774     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00293-3     Document Type: Note

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