Soil quality and its evaluation

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Zheng, Zhaopei ^a   Liu, Zuoxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evaluation method; Evaluation principle; Soil quality; Soil quality indices

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CROP; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SOIL; STANDARD;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 0037277863     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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