The stability of biochar in the environment

Biochar and Soil Biota

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-40

  Zimmerman, Andrew R ^a   Gao, Bin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/b14585     Document Type: Chapter

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