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Chapter 18 - Soils and Livestock-Based Tropical Systems

from Part IV - Management Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2019

Pedro A. Sanchez
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Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics , pp. 544 - 595
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