W.G. Sombroek

5.4k citations
29 papers · 2.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 18
Topics
Soil Management and Crop Yield (3 papers)Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers)Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (2 papers)
Partner nations
NetherlandsItalyBrazil

In The Last Decade

W.G. Sombroek

26 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

W.G. Sombroek
Comparison fields: 5 of 115
  • Soil Science 1.2k
  • Global and Planetary Change 816
  • Ecology 633
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 413
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 407
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#WorkIndexed citations
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Terra preta and terra mulata: pre-columbian Amazon Kitchen middens and agricultural fields, their sustainability and their replication.
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3 193
4 116
5 230
6 137
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Amounts, dynamics and sequestering of carbon in tropical and subtropical soils
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Biomass and carbon storage in the amazon ecosystems
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World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation :
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World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation : an explanatory note, 2nd. rev. ed.
29
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World map of the status of human-induced soil degradation: an explanatory note.breakdown →
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Inputs to climatic change by soil and agriculture related activities.
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Exploratory soil map and agro-climatic zone map of Kenya, 1980, scale 1:1,000,000
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Soils of the Amazon region and their ecological stability.
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Soils of semi-arid savanna zone of the north-eastern Kenya : site evaluation report
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Report on a site evaluation of the irrigation suitability of the soils and waters of the Merti area (Isiolo district)
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Ancient dune fields and fluviatile deposits in the Rima-Sokoto river basin (N.W.Nigeria) : geomorphologic phenomena in relation to Quaternary changes in climate at the southern edge of the Sahara
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About W.G. Sombroek

W.G. Sombroek is a scholar working on Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Environmental Engineering, having authored 29 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil Management and Crop Yield (3 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (2 papers) and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (1.2k citations), Global and Planetary Change (816 citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (407 citations). W.G. Sombroek has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include L.R. Oldeman, R.T.A. Hakkeling, N.H. Batjes, Freddy Nachtergaele, Andrew Warren, Ali Ayoub, L.P. van Reeuwijk, Marrit van den Berg, E. Klamt and Walter Baethgen. Their work appears in journals such as Global Change Biology, Geoderma and AMBIO.

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