Key soil and topographic properties to delineate potential management classes for precision agriculture in the European loess area

Geoderma

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 206-215

  Vitharana, Udayakantha W A ^a   Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a   Simpson, David ^a   Cockx, Liesbet ^a   De Baerdemaeker, Josse ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EM38; Fuzzy k means; Precision agriculture; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FUZZY CLUSTERING; PRECISION BALANCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FUZZY K-MEANS CLASSIFICATION; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; STREAM POWER INDEX; TOPOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES;

SOILS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LOESS; MAP; ORGANIC CARBON; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37849019842     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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