Considerations for Scottish soil monitoring in the European context

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 833-843

  Aalders, I ^a   Hough, R L ^a   Towers, W ^a   Black, H I J ^a   Ball, B C ^b   Griffiths, B S ^a,c   Hopkins, D W ^a   Lilly, A ^a   McKenzie, B M ^a   Rees, R M ^b   Sinclair, A ^b   Watson, C ^b   Campbell, C D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 70349227570     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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