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Coupling high spatial resolution data, GIS approaches and modelling for reliable estimates of SOC stocks and their historical changes in agricultural lands

Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon, Rome, Italy, 21-23 March 2017

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 5p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Article

Category Journal article

Language English

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