Forest vegetation does recycle substantial amounts of silicon from and back to the soil solution with phytoliths as an intermediate phase, contrary to recent reports

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 271-272

  Farmer, V C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

RECYCLING; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 15444379410     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2005.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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