Do composts affect the soil microbial community?

Microbes at Work: From Wastes to Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 271-291

  Knapp, Brigitte A ^a   Ros, Margarita ^b   Insam, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

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EID: 84880395113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04043-6_14     Document Type: Chapter

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