Rainforest mineral nutrition: The ‘black box’ and a glimpse inside it

Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics: Past, Present and Future Hydrological Research for Integrated Land and Water Management

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 422-446

  Proctor, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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