Top-ranked priority research questions for soil science in the 21 st century

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 337-347

  Adewopo, Julius B ^a   VanZomeren, Christine ^a   Bhomia, Rupesh K ^b   Almaraz, Maya ^c   Bacon, Allan R ^d   Eggleston, Emily ^e   Judy, Jonathan D ^f   Lewis, Ricky W ^f   Lusk, Mary ^g   Miller, Bradley ^h   Moorberg, Colby ⁱ   Snyder, Elizabeth Hodges ^j   Tiedeman, Mary ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

ⁱ University of Washington   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^k IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOIL SCIENCE; YOUNG PROFESSIONALS;

RESEARCH;

FUTURE PROSPECT; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL SCIENCE; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84901768873     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2013.07.0291     Document Type: Article

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