Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure Under Grassland management

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-138

  Cui, J ^a,b   Askari, M S ^b   Holden, N M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Grassland; Management; Visual evaluation of soil structure

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LIVESTOCK FARMING; RESOURCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL STRUCTURE;

IRELAND;

EID: 84900244929     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12100     Document Type: Article

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