The spatial variability of soil nitrates in arable and pasture landscapes: Implications for the development of geographical information system models of nitrate leaching

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Wade, S D ^a   Foster, I D L ^a   Baban, S M J ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arable land; geographical information systems; leaching; models; Nitrates; pastures; soil; spatial variation; UK

Indexed keywords

GIS; LEACHING; NITRATE; PASTURE;

UK;

EID: 0029663261     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1996.tb00965.x     Document Type: Article

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