Soils and ecosystem services

Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 11-38

  Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological footprint; Food security; Soil degradation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; MANAGERS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMPS); DEGRADATION PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FOOD SECURITY; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84902251917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6455-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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