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  1. Ecological Farming Systems, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon, Research Station ART, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046, Zürich, Switzerland

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden & Cameron Wagg

  2. Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Winterthurestrasse 190, 8057, Zürich, Switzerland

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

  3. Plant-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Marcel G. A. van der Heijden

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van der Heijden, M.G.A., Wagg, C. Soil microbial diversity and agro-ecosystem functioning. Plant Soil 363, 1–5 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1545-4

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