Understanding soil processes: One of the last frontiers in biological and ecological research

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-214

  Coleman, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detrital food webs; Domains; Suppressive soils

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80051681667     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-011-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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