Short-term effect of Eucalyptus plantations on soil microbial communities and soil-atmosphere methane and nitrous

Caroline A Cuer1,2, Renato de A R Rodrigues3, Fabiano C Balieiro4

  • 1LABEM - Laboratory of Biotechnology and Microbial Ecology - Institute of Microbiology Paulo de Góes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Scientific Reports
|October 13, 2018
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