Soil and sediment biodiversity: Cross-system comparisons and large-scale effects

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-148

  Groffman, Peter M ^a   Bohlen, Patrick J ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

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EID: 0032965897     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313539     Document Type: Review

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