Soil Rhizosphere Food Webs, Their Stability, and Implications for Soil Processes in Ecosystems

The Rhizosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 101-125

  Moore, John C ^a   McCann, Kevin ^b   de Ruiter, Peter C ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088775-0/50007-0     Document Type: Chapter

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