Empirical modelling of soil dynamics along a chronosequence of shifting cultivation systems in southern Cameroon

Geoderma

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 380-397

  Yemefack, Martin ^a,c   Rossiter, David G ^a   Jetten, Victor G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Empirical modelling; Fractional rational function; Sampling strategies; Shifting cultivation; Soil dynamics; Southern Cameroon

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONS; METRIC SYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; EMPIRICAL MODELLING; FRACTIONAL RATIONAL FUNCTION; SAMPLING STRATEGIES; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOUTHERN CAMEROON;

SOILS;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; MODELING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL PROPERTY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745468506     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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