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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-147-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-147-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 2, issue 2
Original research article
 | 
21 Apr 2016
Original research article |  | 21 Apr 2016

Organic wastes from bioenergy and ecological sanitation as a soil fertility improver: a field experiment in a tropical Andosol

Ariane Krause, Thomas Nehls, Eckhard George, and Martin Kaupenjohann

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