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The threat-work: a network of potential threats to soil biodiversity

  • 1. NOrthern Alberta InstitUte OF TechnOlOgy, 11762 - 106 Street, EdmOntOn, AB, Canada, T5G 2R1.
  • 2. FOOd and AgricUltUre OrganizatiOn OF the United NatiOns, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, ROme, 00153, Italy.
  • 3. Wageningen UR, RadiX bUilding, DrOevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, P.O.BOX 100, 6700 AC Wageningen,
  • 4. Embrapa FlOrestas, Estrada da Ribeira Km 111, COlOmbO, PR, 83411-000, Brazil.

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Lindo, Zoë, Battigelli, Jeff, Parnell, J. Jacob, Ruiter, Peter de, Brown, George G., Barreto, Carlos (2025): The threat-work: a network of potential threats to soil biodiversity. Soil Organisms 97 (6): 31-46, DOI: 10.25674/418, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25674/418

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