Landscape-scale soil quality change under different farming systems of a tropical farm in Hainan, China

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-64

  Zhang, H ^a,b   Zhang, G L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farming system; Ferrasols; Rubber farming; Soil quality; Sustainable management; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; WORLD;

EID: 19344363793     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/SUM2005293     Document Type: Article

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