Impact of microorganisms on chemical transformations in soil

Soil Biological Fertility: A Key to Sustainable Land Use in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 37-59

  Murphy, Daniel V ^a   Stockdale, Elizabeth A ^b   Brookes, Philip C ^b   Goulding, Keith W T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6619-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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