Soil Quality Assessment Strategies for Evaluating Soil Degradation in Northern Ethiopia
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Soil Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1687-7667,1687-7675
DOI: 10.1155/2014/646502