Reducing sampler error in soil research

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 383-385

  Kulmatiski, Andrew ^a   Beard, Karen H ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Coring technique; Sampler error; Sampling; Sampling design

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RESEARCH;

SOIL PROPERTIES;

SOILS;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DESIGN; ERROR ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 1042302217     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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