Pedodiversity: A controversial concept

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 110-116

  Jie, Chen ^a   Xue lei, Zhang ^a   Zi tong, Gong ^a   Jun, Wang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Surveying and Mapping Bureau of Jiangsu Province   (China)

Author keywords

pedodiversity; Shannon Index; soil global distribution; spatial variation; species evenness; species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043176080     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02837382     Document Type: Article

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