Relationships between soil organic carbon and site characteristics in peninsular Spain

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 614-621

  Hontoria, C ^b   Rodriguez Murillo J C ^a   Saa, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOIL ORGANIC CARBON (SOC) CONTENT; STEPWISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOILS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON;

SPAIN;

EID: 0344654958     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1999.03615995006300030026x     Document Type: Article

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