Spatial variability of soil chemical properties of a prairie-forest transition in Louisiana

Plant and Soil

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 7-21

  Bekele, Asfaw ^a   Hudnall, Wayne H ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juniperus virginiana; Prairie soil; Semivariogram; Soil nutrients; Spatial variability; Woody encroachment

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; PRAIRIE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 33644585481     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-4983-4     Document Type: Article

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