Soil biodiversity, biological indicators and soil ecosystem services-an overview of European approaches

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 529-538

  Pulleman, Mirjam ^a   Creamer, Rachel ^b   Hamer, Ute ^c   Helder, Johannes ^a   Pelosi, Céline ^d   Pérès, Guénola ^e   Rutgers, Michiel ^f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DATABASE; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84869201256     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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