Indigenous knowledge about terra preta formation

Amazonian Dark Earths: Wim Sombroek's Vision

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 193-204

  Steiner, C ^a   Teixeira, W G ^b   Woods, W I ^c   Zech, W ^d  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

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EID: 84857661815     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9031-8_9     Document Type: Chapter

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