The "cycle of life" in ecology: Sergei Vinogradskii's Soil Microbiology, 1885-1940

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-145

  Ackert Jr , Lloyd T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophism; Chemosynthesis; Cycle of life; Ecology; Nitrification; Plant physiology; Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii (Winogradsky); Soil microbiology

Indexed keywords

HUMBOLDTIA;

EID: 33847319773     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-006-9104-6     Document Type: Review

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