Use of soil quality indicators to evaluate conservation reserve program sites in Iowa

Methods for Assessing Soil Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 345-355

  Karlen, Douglas L ^a   Parkin, Timothy B ^a   Eash, Neal S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Conservation reserve program sites; Crop management practices; Cultivated sites; Iowa; Minnesota; Soil quality indicators; Washington

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104332122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub49.c21     Document Type: Chapter

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