Functional diversity of soils along environmental gradients in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

Geoderma

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 32-42

  Bockheim, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial history; Latitudinal gradient; Pedogenesis; Soil climate

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

GLACIAL HISTORY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL CLIMATE;

SOILS;

BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITRATE; PEDOGENESIS; PERMAFROST; PLIOCENE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; STRATIFICATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 39449126812     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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