Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of decomposer biota.

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Applied Soil Ecology

• Publication date

  1997-08-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/S0929-1393(96)00150-3
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