Indicators and trade-offs of ecosystem services in agricultural soils along a landscape heterogeneity gradient

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-8

  Williams, Alwyn ^a   Hedlund, Katarina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Landscape complexity; Microbial community; Mycorrhiza; Soil carbon; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893429852     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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