Restoring soil quality to mitigate soil degradation

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5875-5895

  Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Desertification; Soil carbon sequestration; Soil functions; Soil resilience

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84934878073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7055875     Document Type: Article

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