Changes in soil fertility parameters and the environmental effects in a rapidly developing region of China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 286-292

  Darilek, Jeremy L ^a,b   Huang, Biao ^a,b   Wang, Zhigang ^a,b   Qi, Yanbing ^a,b   Zhao, Yongcun ^a,b   Sun, Weixia ^a,b   Gu, Zhiquan ^c   Shi, Xuezheng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Zhangjiagang County Extension Agency   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural ecosystems; Soil fertility; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 56449097864     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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