The significance of soils and soil science towards realization of the United Nations sustainable development goals

SOIL

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 111-128

  Keesstra, Saskia D ^a   Bouma, Johan ^a   Wallinga, Jakob ^a   Tittonell, Pablo ^b   Smith, Pete ^c   Cerdà, Artemi ^d   Montanarella, Luca ^e   Quinton, John N ^f   Pachepsky, Yakov ^g   Van Der Putten, Wim H ^a,h   Bardgett, Richard D ⁱ   Moolenaar, Simon ^j   Mol, Gerben ^a   Jansen, Boris ^k   Fresco, Louise O ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j Department of Science and Education   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85034611088     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-111-2016     Document Type: Article

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