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Impacts of fundamental changes to Soil TaxonomyFootnote

John M GalbraithDepartment of Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA24061, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Mark H StoltDepartment of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Martin C RabenhorstDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD20740, USA
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Michel D RansomDepartment of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS66506, USA
Pages 263-267 | Received 28 Feb 2017, Accepted 16 Dec 2017, Published online: 22 Jan 2018

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