Managing soils for long-term productivity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 352, Issue 1356, 1997, Pages 1011-1021

  Syers, J K ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PRODUCTIVITY; PRODUCTIVITY IMPACT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TROPICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030787031     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1997.0079     Document Type: Article

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