Understanding and enhancing soil biological health: The solution for reversing soil degradation

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 988-1027

  Lehman, R Michael ^a   Cambardella, Cynthia A ^b   Stott, Diane E ^c   Acosta Martinez, Veronica ^b   Manter, Daniel K ^b   Buyer, Jeffrey S ^d   Maul, Jude E ^d   Smith, Jeffrey L ^e   Collins, Harold P ^b   Halvorson, Jonathan J ^f   Kremer, Robert J ^g   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a   Ducey, Tom F ^b   Jin, Virginia L ^h   Karlen, Douglas L ^b  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil biology; Soil health; Soil management; Soil organic matter (SOM); Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; OPTIMIZATION; PERCEPTION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84922454155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7010988     Document Type: Article

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