Selection and establishment of Alberta agricultural soil quality benchmark sites

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 399-408

  Cathcart, Jason ^a   Cannon, Karen ^a   Heinz, Jody ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agronomic practices; Catena; Ecodistrict; Pedological investigation; Soil landscape; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BENCHMARKING; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ION EXCHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 51849113742     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS07011     Document Type: Article

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