Soil quality indices and their application in the hilly loess plateau region of China

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-254

  Xu, Mingxiang ^a,b   Zhao, Yunge ^a,b,c   Liu, Guobin ^a,b   Argent, Robert M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Soil quality classification; Soil quality evaluation; Soil quality index

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORCHARDS;

SOIL QUALITY CLASSIFICATION; SOIL QUALITY EVALUATION; SOIL QUALITY INDEX;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATCHMENT; LAND USE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REMEDIATION; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION TYPE;

CULTIVATION; ORCHARDS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; SHAANXI;

EID: 33646515775     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR05083     Document Type: Article

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