The "pedosome": Keystone of ecosystem construction

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Harris, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039848490     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
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