Soil resources and their assessment

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1356, 1997, Pages 963-973

  Webster, R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCES ASSESSMENT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL EVALUATION; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL RESOURCES;

EID: 0030746798     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0075     Document Type: Article

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