A field methodology for assessing man-made disturbance in forest soils developed in loess

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-20

  Bossuyt, B ^a   Deckers, J ^b   Hermy, M ^b  

^a Inst for Land and Water Management   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment; Belgium; Disturbed profiles; Forest soils; Loess

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIELD METHOD; FOREST SOIL; LOESS;

BELGIUM; MEERDAAL;

EID: 0032964864     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1999.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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