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Soil

Known as: Soils 
The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Fire in eastern oak forests: delivering science to land managers
Contains 20 papers and 36 poster abstracts presented at a conference on fire in oak forests of the Eastern United States that was… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Lead fluxes, isotopic and concentration profiles in a peat deposit near a lead smelter (Príbram, Czech Republic).
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Marginal Farmland in European Russia
Two geographers specializing in Russian agriculture and rural development present an exploratory essay on the phenomenon of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Evolutionarily stable leaf area production in plant populations.
Using an analytical model, it was shown that for a given amount of nitrogen in the canopy of a stand (N(T)), there exists an… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
In vitro testing for genotoxicity of the herbicide terbutryn: cytogenetic and primary DNA damage.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Acid-induced cloud point extraction and preconcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from environmental solid samples.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Static subcritical water extraction with simultaneous solid-phase extraction for determining polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on environmental solids.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Landscape and Vegetation Ecology of the Kakadu Region, Northern Australia
Contributors. Preface. 1. The Kakadu region C.M. Finlayson, I. von Oertzen. 2. Climate and hydrology C.V. McQuade, et al. 3… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Modified Clays for the Adsorption of Environmental Toxicants: Binding of Chlorophenols to Pillared, Delaminated, and Hydroxy-Interlayered Smectites
Due to their unique polarity, pore-size distribution, and high surface areas, pillared and delaminated clays are potentially… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Linear solvation energy relationships. 44. Parameter estimation rules that allow accurate prediction of octanol/water partition coefficients and other solubility and toxicity properties of…
Methods are presented for estimation of V{sub I} (intrinsic molar volume), {pi}*, and {beta} of polychlorinated biphenyls and… 
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