Securing our soil

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 587-591

  McBratney, Alex ^a   Field, Damien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capability; capital; codification; condition; connectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941642445     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2015.1071060     Document Type: Article

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