A framework for assessing agricultural soil quality on a global scale

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Mueller, Lothar ^a   Schindler, Uwe ^a   Shepherd, T Graham ^b   Ball, Bruce C ^c   Smolentseva, Elena ^d   Hu, Chunsheng ^e   Hennings, Volker ^f   Schad, Peter ^g   Rogasik, Jutta ^h   Zeitz, Jutta ⁱ   Schlindwein, Sandro L ^j   Behrendt, Axel ^a   Helming, Katharina ^a   Eulenstein, Frank ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b BioAgriNomics Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^f FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

ⁱ HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

indicators; Muencheberg Soil Quality Rating; soil quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867513212     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2012.692877     Document Type: Article

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