A functional evaluation of three indicator sets for assessing soil quality

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-200

  Lima, A C R ^a   Brussaard, L ^b   Totola, M R ^c   Hoogmoed, W B ^b   de Goede, R G M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Farmers' knowledge; Minimum data set; Rice; Soil quality index; Soil quality indicators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872257938     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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