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Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics

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González, G., Huang, CY., Chuang, SC. (2008). Earthworms and Post-Agricultural Succession. In: Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_5

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