Can there be a contemporary ecological dimension to soil biology without a habitat?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 1229-1232

  Young, I M ^a   Ritz, K ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HABITAT; SOIL BIOLOGY;

EID: 0032171404     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00263-0     Document Type: Article

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