Developing a soil quality index to compare soil fitness for agricultural use under different managements in the mediterranean environment

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-98

  Armenise, E ^a   Redmile Gordon, M A ^b   Stellacci, A M ^c   Ciccarese, A ^a   Rubino, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Long term field trial; S index; Soil quality; Soil quality indicators; Water extractable N; Water extractable organic C

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INFORMATION; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; FIELD TRIAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; S INDEX; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS;

CROPS; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; LEGUME; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84875769623     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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