Pedotransfer functions for tropical soils

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 30, Issue C, 2004, Pages 415-429

  Tomasella, J ^a   Hodnett, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956739130     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(04)30021-8     Document Type: Review

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