Soil quality monitoring in New Zealand: Development of an interpretative framework

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 535-544

  Lilburne, Linda ^a   Sparling, Graham ^b   Schipper, Louis ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data aggregation; Environmental reporting; New Zealand; Soil quality indicators; Target ranges

Indexed keywords

DATA INTERPRETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURVEY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 9644257266     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.01.020     Document Type: Article

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