Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in a Floodplain Forest in Northwest Spain

Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 564-576

  Gallardo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flooding effect; Floodplain forest; Geostatistics; Kriging; Organic matter; Redox potential; Semivariograms; Soil nutrients; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0142167476     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-003-0198-9     Document Type: Article

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