Sampling the soil in long-term forest plots: The implications of spatial variation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 149-172

  Kirwan, N ^a   Oliver, M A ^b   Moffat, Andy J ^a   Morgan, G W ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest monitoring; Geostatistics; Soil properties; Spatial variation; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MONITORING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FOREST MONITORING; GEOSTATISTICS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST SOIL; GEOSTATISTICS; SAMPLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; TREE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARBON; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; SCOTLAND; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TREES;

EID: 29444434714     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-8219-0     Document Type: Article

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