Assessment of soil quality using microbial properties and attributes of ecological relevance

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Garbisu, Carlos ^a   Alkorta, Itziar ^b   Epelde, Lur ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 80052182074     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.04.018     Document Type: Note

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