Non-living soil organic matter: What do we know about it?

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 667-680

  Skjemstad, J O ^a,b   Janik, L J ^a,b   Taylor, J A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC for Soil and Land Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0032430667     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ea97143     Document Type: Article

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