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Taking the pulse of the land

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  1. School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Stephen S. O. Burgess

  2. Cooperative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Stephen S. O. Burgess

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Burgess, S.S.O. Taking the pulse of the land. Plant Soil 305, 1–3 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-007-9531-y

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