The LUCAS topsoil database and derived information on the regional variability of cropland topsoil properties in the European Union

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7409-7425

  Tóth, Gergely ^a   Jones, Arwyn ^a   Montanarella, Luca ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Land use; Nitrogen; pH; Phosphorus; Potassium; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE/LAND COVER; PRELIMINARY STUDIES; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; SOIL MONITORING; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TOPSOIL SAMPLES;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

SOILS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

DATABASE; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE;

AGRICULTURE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; SOIL;

EID: 84881157346     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3109-3     Document Type: Article

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