Spatial dependence and the relationship of soil organic carbon and soil moisture in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 671-684

  Wang, Hongqing ^a   Hall, Charles A S ^a   Cornell, Joseph D ^a   Hall, Myrna H P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Gradient; Luquillo Experimental Forest (LEF); Spatial correlation; Spatial variability; Topography

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0036970777     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022962116313     Document Type: Article

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