Making the Most of Our Land: Managing Soil Functions from Local to Continental Scale
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Citation: Schulte RPO, Bampa F, Bardy M, Coyle C, Creamer RE, Fealy R, Gardi C, Ghaley BB, Jordan P, Laudon H, O’Donoghue C, Ó’hUallacháin D, O’Sullivan L, Rutgers M, Six J, Toth GL and Vrebos D (2015) Making the Most of Our Land: Managing Soil Functions from Local to Continental Scale. Front. Environ. Sci. 3:81. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00081 Making the Most of Our Land: Managing Soil Functions from Local to Continental Scale
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