Interactions underground: Soil biodiversity, mutualism, and ecosystem processes

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-117

  Wall, Diana H ^a   Moore, John C ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0033006997     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313536     Document Type: Review

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