Preface

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2493-2499

  Pereira, Paulo ^a   Ferreira, Antonio J D ^b   Sarah, Pariente ^c   Cerdà, Artemi ^d   Walsh, Rory ^e   Keesstra, Saskia ^f  

^a MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991108161     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-016-1566-3     Document Type: Editorial

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