Impacts of agricultural land management on soil quality after 24 years: A case study in Zhangjiagang County, China

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-273

  Qi, Y B ^a,b   Huang, B ^b   Darilek, J L ^b,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic influence; Limiting factor; Pathanalysis; Soil indicators variation; Soil quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; PATH ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SAFETY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE;

CHINA; JIANGSU; ZHANGJIAGANG;

EID: 84862837427     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2011.604678     Document Type: Article

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