Microbial regulation of soil structural dynamics

The Architecture and Biology of Soils: Life in Inner Space

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 37-70

  Chenu, Claire ^a   Cosentino, Diego ^a,b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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