Chapter 4 Microbial Distribution in Soils. Physics and Scaling

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 100, Issue C, 2008, Pages 81-121

  Young, I M ^a   Crawford, J W ^b   Nunan, N ^c   Otten, W ^d   Spiers, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58949092783     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)00604-4     Document Type: Review

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