Water

Pedro A. Sanchez

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Chapter 7 - Water

from Part II - Pedology, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2019

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Information: Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics , pp. 176 - 195

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