Countryside survey: National "soil change" 1978-2007 for topsoils in Great Britain - Acidity, carbon, and total nitrogen status

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Reynolds, B ^a   Chamberlain, P M ^a   Poskit, J ^a   Woods, C ^a   Scot, W A ^a   Rowe, E C ^a   Robinson, D A ^a   Frogbroo, Z L ^a,b   Keith, A M ^a   Henrys, P A ^a   Black, H I J ^c   Emmet, B A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN; ENGLAND AND WALES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MONITORING RESULTS; ORGANIC-RICH SOIL; SOIL TOTAL NITROGEN;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PH; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

SOILS;

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PH; PLOWING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878150880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0114     Document Type: Article

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