Soil microbial diversity in grasslands and its importance for grassland functioning and services

Grassland Productivity and Ecosystems Services

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 158-165

  Le Roux, Xavier ^a   Recous, Sylvie ^b   Attard, Eléonore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UMR614 FARE   (France)

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