Soil science contributions towards Sustainable Development Goals and their implementation: Linking soil functions with ecosystem services

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-120

  Bouma, Johan ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communities of Scientific Practice; Inter and transdisciplinarity; Knowledge brokers; Precision agriculture; Soil nexus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897429828     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201300646     Document Type: Article

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