Managing the soil-plant system for the delivery of ecosystem services

Soil Conditions and Plant Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 390-416

  Hopkins, David W ^a   Gregorich, Edward G ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon management; Conservation of biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Food and fibre production; Nitrogen mineralisation; Preservation of soils; Soil quality assessment; Soil plant system; Waste recycling and disposal; Water storage and purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886972387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118337295.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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