Assessment of the lateral and vertical variability of soil organic carbon

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 433-444

  VandenBygaart, A J ^a   Gregorich, E G ^a   Angers, D A ^b   McConkey, B G ^c  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Coefficient of variation; Sampling design; Soil organic carbon; Spatial variability; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHERNOZEM; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 35348969382     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS06025     Document Type: Article

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