Land improvements under land tenure insecurity: The case of pH and phosphate in Finland

Land Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 557-569

  Myyrä, Sami ^a   Ketoja, Elise ^b   Yli Halla, Markku ^c   Pietola, Kyösti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b MTT Research Services

^c MTT Environmental Research

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; LAND TENURE; PH; PHOSPHATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 30944448032     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.81.4.557     Document Type: Article

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