Determining soil quality indicators by factor analysis

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 194-204

  Shukla, M K ^a,c   Lal, R ^a   Ebinger, M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Hydraulic conductivity; Mean weight diameter; Soil bulk density; Soil quality indicator; Water infiltration; Water stable aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURES; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUALITY ASSURANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL QUALITY INDICATOR (SQI); WATER INFILTRATION; WATER STABLE AGGREGATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY;

AGRONOMY; ECOSYSTEMS; FARM CROPS; MANURE; PLANTS; SOIL MECHANICS;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645108573     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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