Soil microbial diversity in agricultural systems

Exploring the Role of Diversity in Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 35-54

  Kennedy, A C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional diversity; Soil aggregation; Soil microbes; Soil microbial diversity; Spatial diversity; Sustainable agriculture; Taxonomic diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101888387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1995.exploringroleofdiversity.c2     Document Type: Chapter

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