Land quality assessment and monitoring: The next challenge for soil science

Pedosphere

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Eswaran, H ^a   Kimble, J ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Land quality; Monitoring of soils; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0042428859     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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