How soils structure communities in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 973-983

  Virginia, Ross A ^a   Wall, Diana H ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

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EID: 0032723182     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bisi.1999.49.12.973     Document Type: Article

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