Sustainability of soil management practices-a global perspective

Soil Biological Fertility: A Key to Sustainable Land Use in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 241-254

  Smith, Pete ^a   Powlson, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889954099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6619-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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