Soil: A precious natural resource

Conservation of Natural Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-48

  Bini, C ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global change; Natural resources; New paradigms; Soil; Sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934875359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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