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Clapperton, M.J., Chan, K.Y., Larney, F.J. (2007). Managing the Soil Habitat for Enhanced Biological Fertility. In: Abbott, L.K., Murphy, D.V. (eds) Soil Biological Fertility. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6619-1_10

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