Soil quality: Current concepts and applications

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 74, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-40

  Karlen, D L ^a   Andrews, S S ^a   Doran, J W ^b  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0011894425     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2113(01)74029-1     Document Type: Review

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