Evaluation of point-scale assessments of soil quality

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 510-518

  Liebig, Mark A ^b   Doran, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Farmers' perceptions; On farm research; Point scale assessments; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION; NITRATE; PH; SOIL QUALITY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0033407054     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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