Decomposition: Driven by nature or nurture?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-3

  Van Noordwijk, Meine ^a  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

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EID: 3643098021     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(96)00103-5     Document Type: Note

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