Soil quality evaluation and monitoring based on land evaluation

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 551-559

  De la Rosa, Diego ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Land suitability; Land vulnerability; Soil biological quality; Soil chemical quality; Soil function; Soil indicator; Soil physical quality; Spain; Sustainable agricultural system

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LAND SUITABILITY; LAND VULNERABILITY; SOIL BIOLOGICAL QUALITY; SOIL CHEMICAL QUALITY; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL INDICATOR; SOIL PHYSICAL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

LAND EVALUATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEY;

EID: 28844472563     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.710     Document Type: Article

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