Monitoring Soil Quality of Arable Land: Microbiological Indicators

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-24

  Stenberg, Bo ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032732634     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064719950135669     Document Type: Article

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