Soil natural capital in Europe; A framework for state and change assessment

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Robinson, David A ^a   Panagos, Panos ^b   Borrelli, Pasquale ^b   Jones, Arwyn ^b   Montanarella, Luca ^b   Tye, Andrew ^a   Obst, Carl G ^c  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 85026349077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06819-3     Document Type: Article

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