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The Soil FungiLog procedure: method and analytical approaches toward understanding fungal functional diversity

E. A. Sobek
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J. C. Zak Department of Biological Sciences, P.O. Box 43131, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409
Pages 590-602 | Accepted 23 Dec 2002, Published online: 31 Jan 2017

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