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Hecht, S.B. (2003). Indigenous Soil Management and the Creation of Amazonian Dark Earths: Implications of Kayapó Practice. In: Lehmann, J., Kern, D.C., Glaser, B., Wodos, W.I. (eds) Amazonian Dark Earths. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2597-1_18
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