Earthworms and post-agricultural succession

Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 115-138

  González, Grizelle ^a   Huang, Ching Yu ^b   Chuang, Shu Chun ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_5     Document Type: Chapter

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