Grand challenges in the research on soil processes

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Volumn 3, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Baveye, Philippe C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food security; Global climate change; Microorganisms; Soil organic matter; Soil science research; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016146497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2015.00010     Document Type: Article

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