Termites, soil fertility and carbon cycling in dry tropical Africa: a hypothesis

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• Publication year

  1990

• Venue

  Journal of Tropical Ecology

• Publication date

  1990-08-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1017/S0266467400004533
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