Soil carbon relations: An overview

Soil Carbon Dynamics: An Integrated Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-15

  Kutsch, Werner L ^a   Bahn, Michael ^b   Heinemeyer, Andreas ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84928757037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511711794.002     Document Type: Chapter

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