A comparison of soil quality in adjacent cultivated, forest and native grassland soils

Plant and Soil

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-259

  Saviozzi, A ^a   Levi Minzi, R ^a   Cardelli, R ^a   Riffaldi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological index of fertility; Continuous corn; Forest soil; Native grassland; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL QUALITY;

EID: 0034928092     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010526209076     Document Type: Article

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