The need for harmonizing methodologies for assessing soil threats in Europe

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-309

  van Beek, C L ^a   Toth T ^c   Hagyo A ^b   Toth G ^c   Recatala Boix L ^d   Ano Vidal C ^d   Malet, J P ^e   Maquaire, O ^f   vanden Akker, J J H ^a   vander Zee, S ^a   Verzandvoort, S ^a   Simota, C ^g   Kuikman, P J ^a   Oenema, O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Institute for Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e Centre National de Reserches Scientifques (CNRS) 5   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^g Res Inst Soil Sci and Agrochem   (Romania)

Author keywords

Compaction; Erosion; EU soil strategy; Landslides; Salinization; Soil organic matter decline

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; EUROPEAN UNION; LANDSLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SALINIZATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77956106571     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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