Freddy Nachtergaele

19.4k citations
38 papers · 8.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 21
Topics
Soil and Land Suitability Analysis (8 papers)Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (7 papers)Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis (6 papers)

In The Last Decade

Freddy Nachtergaele

38 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Soil taxonomy—a basic system of soil classification for m...1997202620062016200120121997200210002.0k3.0k

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Freddy Nachtergaele
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  • Soil Science 3.3k
  • Plant Science 1.7k
  • Global and Planetary Change 1.5k
  • Ecology 1.5k
  • Environmental Engineering 1.2k
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All Works

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Mapping Land Degradation at Global Scale, a Reflection
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Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD)
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Land Degradation Assessment: the LADA approach.
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Harmonized World Soil Database
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Mapping Biophysical Factors that Influence Agricultural Production and Rural Vulnerability
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Rationale for the Key and the Qualifiers of the WRB 2006
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Tropical soils in the classification systems of USDA, FAO and WRB
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Soil taxonomy—a basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveysbreakdown →
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Lecture Botes on the Major Soils of the World - FAO World Soil Resources Reports Nr. 94
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Lecture notes on the major soils of the world.
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Land resource potential and constraints at regional and country levels
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Global Agro-Ecological Zones Assessment: Methodology and Results
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World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Introduction
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Identification of analogous land for agrotechnology transfer in the savannah zones of the developing world
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Amounts, dynamics and sequestering of carbon in tropical and subtropical soils
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About Freddy Nachtergaele

Freddy Nachtergaele is a scholar working on Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 38 papers that have together received 8.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil and Land Suitability Analysis (8 papers), Soil Geostatistics and Mapping (7 papers) and Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (3.3k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.2k citations) and Environmental Chemistry (836 citations). Freddy Nachtergaele has collaborated with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include H.T. van Velthuizen, Jozef Deckers, Otto Spaargaren, O. Spaargaren, G. Fischer, M.M. Shah, J. Deckers, W.G. Sombroek, Harrij van Velthuizen and Otto Spaargaren. Their work appears in journals such as Geoderma, AMBIO and Environmental Science & Policy.

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