A soil quality assessment within the Iowa river south fork watershed

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2271-2282

  Stott, Diane E ^a   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^b   Tomer, Mark D ^b   Karlen, Douglas L ^b   Wolf, Roger ^c  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Iowa Soybean Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BULK DENSITY; CANOPY DEVELOPMENT; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN CANOPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; NEAR-SURFACE; PORE SPACE; PROACTIVE PROCESS; SLOPE POSITIONS; SOIL MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS; SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS;

AGRONOMY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; RATING; WATERSHEDS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BULK DENSITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

IOWA; SOUTH FORK IOWA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83055198309     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0440     Document Type: Article

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