Global soil organic carbon assessment

Global Food Security

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-16

  Stockmann, Uta ^a   Padarian, José ^a   McBratney, Alex ^a   Minasny, Budiman ^a   de Brogniez, Delphine ^b,c   Montanarella, Luca ^b   Hong, Suk Young ^d   Rawlins, Barry G ^e   Field, Damien J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital soil mapping; Food security; Global change; Soil organic carbon assessment; Soil organic carbon sequestration; Soil security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942832625     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2015.07.001     Document Type: Review

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