Assessing impacts of land use change on soil quality indicators in a loessial soil in Golestan Province, Iran

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 727-742

  Ayoubi, S ^a   Khormali, F ^b   Sahrawat, K L ^c   de Lima, A C Rodrigues ^d  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Land use change; Reforestation; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 80054714423     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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