On the definition of the natural capital of soils: A framework for description, evaluation, and monitoring

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1904-1911

  Robinson, David A ^a   Lebron, Inma ^b   Vereecken, Harry ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; LIQUID AND GAS PHASIS; NATURAL CAPITAL; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PERCEIVED VALUE; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SOIL PROCESS; SOIL SCIENCE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES;

AGRICULTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; MINERALOGY; MONITORING; ORGANIC MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL CAPITAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SCIENCE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 72449139075     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0332     Document Type: Article

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