Factors affecting soil organic matter conservation in Mediterranean hillside winter cereals-legumes cropping systems

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-292

  Marraccini, Elisa ^a,b   Debolini, Marta ^a   Di Bene, Claudia ^a   Rapey, Hélène ^c   Bonari, Enrico ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UMR Territoires   (France)

Author keywords

Agro environmental indicators; Cropping systems; On farm surveys; Soil conservation; Soil organic matter balance

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CEREAL; CROPPING PRACTICE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HILL FARMING; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84868608028     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2012.e38     Document Type: Article

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