Soil depth assessment of sagebrush grazing treatments using electromagnetic induction

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 469-474

  Bork, Edward W ^a   West, Neil E ^b   Doolittle, James A ^b   Boettinger, Janis L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apparent conductivity; Bedrock; Kriging; Site heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GRAZING; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL MOSITURE; VEGETATIONAL COMPOSITION;

EID: 0031850885     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003336     Document Type: Article

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