Analysis of variability of some properties of a semideciduous forest soil

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 211-223

  Okae Anti, Daniel ^a   Ogoe, Joseph Ignatius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Farm planning and management; Forest soils; Geostatistics; Ghana; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

FOREST SOIL; GEOSTATISTICS; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 31544439414     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620500403432     Document Type: Article

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