Biogeochemical cycles and biodiversity as key drivers of ecosystem services provided by soils

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 665-685

  Smith, P ^a   Cotrufo, M F ^b   Rumpel, C ^c   Paustian, K ^b   Kuikman, P J ^d   Elliott, J A ^e   McDowell, R ^f   Griffiths, R I ^g   Asakawa, S ^h   Bustamante, M ⁱ   House, J I ^j   Sobocka J ^k   Harper, R ^l   Pan, G ^m   West, P C ⁿ   Gerber, J S ⁿ   Clark, J M ^o   Adhya, T ^p   Scholes, R J ^q   Scholes, M C ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UMR 1402 ECOSYS   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^k Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^l MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^m NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^p KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^q UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURAL CAPITAL; POLICY MAKING; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 85015602927     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-665-2015     Document Type: Article

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