Watershed-scale assessment of soil quality in the loess hills of southwest Iowa

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-247

  Cambardella, C A ^a   Moorman, T B ^a   Andrews, S S ^b   Karlen, D L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ridge till; Soil quality; Soil quality index; Terrain analysis; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON; DEGRADATION; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL QUALITY; SOIL RESOURCES;

SOILS;

SOIL QUALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TILLAGE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042845769     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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