Introduction: Importance of soil quality to health and sustainable land management

Methods for Assessing Soil Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Bezdicek, David F ^a   Papendick, Robert I ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological productivity; Greenhouse effect; Health functions; Inherent soil properties; Soil quality; Soil resilience; Sustainable land management; Water holding capacity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104333016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub49.introduction     Document Type: Editorial

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