Evaluation of soil quality using multiple lineal regression based on physical, chemical and biochemical properties

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 233-237

  Zornoza, Raúl ^a   Mataix Solera, Jorge ^a   Guerrero, César ^a   Arcenegui, Victoria ^a   García Orenes, Fuensanta ^a   Mataix Beneyto, Jorge ^a   Morugán, Alicia ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation; Mediterranean soils; Multiple lineal regression; Soil functioning; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SOILS; MULTIPLE LINEAL REGRESSION; SOIL FUNCTIONING; SOIL QUALITY;

SOILS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENTISOL; MOLLISOL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FOREST SOIL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL QUALITY; SPAIN; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; TREES;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34147175597     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.01.052     Document Type: Article

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