Indices for quantitative evaluation of soil quality under grassland management

Geoderma

Volumn 230-231, Issue , 2014, Pages 131-142

  Askari, Mohammad Sadegh ^a   Holden, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Carbon nitrogen ratio; Grassland management intensity; Soil organic carbon; VESS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; MANAGEMENT; NITROGEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; CARBON-NITROGEN RATIO; GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT INTENSITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; VESS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84899845470     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.04.019     Document Type: Article

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