Soil conservation and ecosystem services

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 36-47

  Lal, Rattan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated soil erosion; Biodiversity; Climate change mitigation; Eutrophication; Food security; Gaseous emission; Geologic erosion; Sedimentation; Sustainable development; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949463783     PISSN: 20956339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-6339(15)30021-6     Document Type: Article

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