Evaluating ecological condition using soil biogeochemical parameters and near infrared reflectance spectra

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 427-457

  Cohen, M J ^a   Dabral, S ^b   Graham, W D ^b   Prenger, J P ^a   Debusk, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical indicators; Ecological condition assessment; Ft. Benning; Soil disturbance; VNIR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT; SOIL DISTURBANCE; VISIBLE/NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY (VNIRS);

BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CALCIUM; CARBON; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; POTASSIUM;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEM; GEORGIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745120881     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7664-8     Document Type: Article

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