Land-use legacies and soil development in semi-natural ecosystems in the marginal uplands of Ireland

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-98

  Little, Declan ^a   Farrell, Edward ^a   Collins, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Land use history; Oakwoods; Podzols; Vegetation soil dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030909199     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(97)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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