Combining vermiculture with traditional green waste composting systems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 725-730

  Frederickson, James ^a   Butt, Kevin R ^a   Morris, Richard M ^a   Daniel, Catherine ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030967417     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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