Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 13268-13272

  Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Civilization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PLOWING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 34548056143     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611508104     Document Type: Article

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