Soil quality improvement under an ecologically based farming system in northwest Missouri

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Kremer, Robert J ^a   Hezel, Linda F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Prairie Birthday Farm   (United States)

Author keywords

agroecosystems; ecosystem restoration; ecosystem services; microbial activity; organic farming; soil aggregate stability; soil enzymes; soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FARMING SYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881402260     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174217051200018X     Document Type: Article

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